Erased Tapes proudly shares Qasr by Sheherazaad. In Erased Tapes: words: Sheherazaad’s contemporary voicing may be described as alternative folk or an experimental ballad with her original lyricism modernising existing Hindi-Urdu poetic forms, channelling questions of displacement, mother tongue, imagined homelands, and beyond. Translating to “castle” or “fortress” in Urdu, “Qasr” is indeed a monument to the encapsulation of the strains of displacement, the push and pull of diaspora and the depravity of erasure and forgotten roots. These experiences and their inherent violence, hysteria and romance imbue her sonic deep-dive into the world of the so-called in-between. Our Take: Sheherazaad invites us into a warm, familiar living room in a foreign land. Simultaneously relatable but refreshingly new, she effortlessly blends Western folk and ballad sensibilities with Eastern scale and timbral influences, joining a new wave of South Asian "diasporic soundscapes". Our favorite, Koshish may be more at home on an early Shins lineup, or in the dusty roadside bar of a Tarantino film shot thousands of miles away. The production shows Sheherazaad at ease, kicked back and blending native tongue with vocalizations that display the range of her vocal prowess. In just 5 tracks, Qasr puts forth a compelling confluence and we're eager to see where she goes next.