We look like a serious act. We are, mostly. The rest is hidden in plain sight, so look twice.
OUR STORY
How Treble Puns Started
We met on Instagram in 2018 through a musicians' page, looking for exactly what the other one had. Abhimanyu had guitars and loopers and nowhere to put the rhythm. Sohini had drums and percussion and nowhere to put the melody. We jammed once. It went long. We haven't really stopped since.A little while later we did the practical thing and got married, mostly so we could keep making music together without having to schedule it.
What we sound like
We think in prog rock logic, rhythms broken into odd patterns and stitched back together, guitar lines that lean on Indian classical and blues as much as on Tool or Porcupine Tree. We loop, we layer, we let a track breathe until it doesn't need us anymore. Daft Punk, Porcupine Tree, Indian Ocean, Led Zeppelin, Khruangbin, Gorillaz, God Is An Astronaut, Polyphia, Pink Floyd all of it is in there somewhere, run through two people and a lot of pedals.We have always believed the joke and the craft can live in the same bar of music. Life hands you a lot of things that take themselves very seriously. We have found it is usually more honest to notice that, and say so, quietly, in a way not everyone catches the first time.We are self funded and self managed, start to finish. And every release exists because two people insisted on making it.
The Music
Life Lessens 1: A God Named Frank | May 2026 | Album
Our newest record, out since 29 May 2026. Nine tracks, built as skits and songs that only work end to end, in order. It is the first time we have written this many words, or built a character to say them for us.A conversation sets up a question, a song answers it. Between the two we get around to happiness, purpose, modern dishonesty and the specific exhaustion of being alive right now.We built a character to carry it, Frank, the Junior God of Honesty. He was handed the Truth Department, took a nap, and the nap lasted five thousand years. In his defence, the mattress was excellent.
Who is Frank?
In the beginning, Frank was handed the Truth Department. Steady job. Simple brief. People are honest creatures, he thought. How hard could it be?Then he found some god-grade pharmaceuticals, took a nap, and checked out. The nap lasted 5,000 years. In his defence, the mattress was excellent.
"I woke up to a backlog. Marketing. Law. Finance. Something called LinkedIn. The council was furious. Shape up, they said. Or shut down the department."
So here he is. On Earth. Making amends. Every god has songs. He had nothing. He heard about something called virality. He hired a band. They were cheap. That felt honest.
Frank in action
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Chill Ke Armaan | February 2025 | Single
Flipping the classic Bollywood song "Dil Ke Armaan" into a fun track about the daily things that stop us from relaxing.
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Illusion Delusion ft. Kimkid | August 2024 | Single
The song is about the existential dilemma of whether adhering to a templated life is truly fulfilling. It reflects on the blurred visions of conformity and the questioning of pre-scripted paths. With this song, we hope to make listeners ponder on the authenticity of their chosen life paths and the illusions they may be chasing.
lyrics
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Sisyphus (English, Hindi & Acoustic) | November 2021 & March 2024 | Single
Sisyphus, a character in Greek mythology was punished by the gods and tasked to push a boulder up a hill. Each time he'd reach the top that would roll down the other side, forcing him to repeat this meaningless task for eternity. In modern culture, tasks that are both laborious and futile are therefore described as Sisyphean.
In this song, Sisyphus sings to time, begging it to slow down.
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The Pat Earn | December 2020 | Single
The track features loops that create subtle patterns. Listeners are challenged to spot these patterns. If you get it right, you "earn a pat".
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Sounds Like Treble | March 2020 | Debut EP
An instrumental blend of progressive rock, electronica, and subtle Indian classical/Carnatic influences featuring complex rhythm structures and ambient textures, the songs in this EP reflect familiar, relatable experiences and phrases from Indian childhoods. Expectations and biases handed down by parents, teachers, and society that form our core biases and repeat in cycles.
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Press Coverage
What people have said about us so far
"When it comes to post-rock, it clearly takes a studio release to establish a footprint. Guitarist Abhimanyu Roy and drummer Sohini Bhattacharya take us on a formidable trip in the course of 28 minutes and four tracks. An enveloping trip from start to finish, Sounds Like Treble proves that instrumental rock is far from getting stale in India."
"Exquisite rhythms, mellifluous tones and a beautiful interweaving of styles and genre. These are some of the things that come to mind while listening to “Sounds like Treble”, the debut album of Bangalore-based Electronica duo Treble Puns. Their 4-track instrumental album explores a musical world influenced by elements of progressive rock, electronica and indian classical music."
"The Pat Earn, moves away from mainstream music as it offers multiple instruments playing simultaneously, and snatches of spoken word instead of lyrics."
"The latest two-sided release from Bengaluru rock duo Treble Puns is the emotive, journeying song “Sisyphus.” Released in English as well as in Hindi, Treble Puns dig into atmospherics, proggy drum work from Sohini Bhattacharya and acoustic guitar melodies going over Ramya Bhat Abhyankar’s Bengali vocals. Guitarist Abhimanyu Roy gets in as vocalist for the first time with English lyrics, while Tarun Rawat helms the Hindi version."
"Bangalore duo Treble Puns take a detour from their usual existential musings with 'Chill Ke Armaan', flipping the Bollywood classic song 'Dil Ke Armaan' into a drums and guitar-led bass music lament about failed attempts to relax."
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Bring us to your stage
Our current show is an immersive, concept driven set built around Life Lessens 1 and all our previous releases, with narrative and music woven together rather than a standard run of songs. That said, every event gets its own treatment. We customise the set to the occasion, not the other way around.We are also an unusually modular band. Hand us a cajon and an acoustic guitar and we will make that work. Ask for a full band sound out of just the two of us and we can do that too, it just takes a different kind of setup. We have even built a drum kit out of parts, snare, hi hat and a crash cymbal, with a cajon standing in as the bass drum, for gigs that called for it.Tell us the occasion, we will handle the music. The tech we need to make it happen is listed in the rider below.
Quick facts:• Genre: Instrumental rock, post rock, progressive rock, with narrative skits
• Based in: Bangalore, India, open to travel worldwide
• Team: 2 performers, plus touring gear
• Language: English (with occasional lyrics played in regional Indian languages)
• Set duration: 60 to 120 minutes, adjustable to the event
• Load in, setup and sound check: minimum 1 hour required, non negotiable for performance quality
| Category | Requirement |
|---|---|
| We bring | Electric guitar with pedals, looper and iPad, laptop and charger for backing tracks, drum sticks, drum key, cymbals as needed |
| PA and sound | Full PA system sized to the venue, 2 DI boxes, 1 guitar stand, 1 condenser mic, 1 vocal mic, 1 guitar amp (Marshall preferred) |
| Drums and staging | Complete 5 piece drum kit with hi hat, crash, ride and 2 crash cymbals, drum mic setup as needed, 2 monitor wedges, 1 table for the onstage laptop |
| In ear monitoring | 2 wireless IEM transmitter receiver systems (Shure PSM300, Sennheiser XSW IEM or equivalent), minimum 2 dedicated pre fader aux sends on the console, a monitor engineer available at sound check, monitor wedges on stage as IEM backup |
| Lighting | Warm and cool stage wash, front lighting on both performers, optional backlight or uplighting for atmosphere, strobe or heavy effects lighting pre approved with us only |
| Load in and sound check | Minimum 1 hour before the performance for load in, setup and sound check, non negotiable |
| Hospitality | Bottled water on stage and backstage at all times, meals for the two of us per the venue's protocol, a private or semi private green room |
| Travel, outstation shows | Accommodation and travel covered by the organiser, flight preferred for distances over 500 km |