With 5 studio albums, 4 seasons of Coke Studio, scores of anthems, multiple international film soundtracks and accolades, the iconic pop-rock band Strings are set to mark three decades of groundbreaking music with the release of eight new singles.
The powerhouse duo of Faisal Kapadia and Bilal Maqsood, who laid the blueprint for pop-rock via their signature sound and inimitable body of work, will release 8 singles to celebrate 30 years of Strings, the first two tracks being ‘Sajni’ and ‘UrrJaaon’.
Following their success, Strings released their fourth studio album Dhaani on the Columbia Records label including a single titled NajaneKyun which was featured as a soundtrack for the Hollywood film Spider-Man 2 in 2004 and also the Urdu version of Spider-Man by Columbia TriStar Films of India. With that, Strings became the first Pakistani band to ever sing on an international film.
Strings has also lent their compositions for a number of Bollywood films including Zinda, Shootout at Lokhandwala& John Day.
It’s just not that Strings also took the reins of Coke Studio from Rohail Hyatt to make a debut with Season 7 in 2014 and produced four consecutive seasons till they bade farewell to the country’s biggest music platform last year with a promise to return with more masterpieces as they now embark on yet another exciting chapter in their musical journey.
Indeed, that the duo has been playing together since the late 80s is a true marker in what has become one of the most historically significant bands to emerge from South-Asia, ever.
