Islamabad: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa formed and Islamabad/Australia based band, Naseer and Shahab have finally released another song. The song titled Kaghaz Ki Kashti was released on 12th July 2019. It was distributed to all streaming platforms by Rearts Records. It is an Urdu song. The song has been performed in the soft rock genre which is the band’s main genre.
Shahab Qamar, one half of the duo is responsible for direction, cinematography and post of the music video. Technical assistance for the music video has been provided by Nazeef Maqsood. Saad Kaiser and Ali Qasim Khan have done work on Behind The Scenes footage. Ali Qasim Khan has also managed the production of Ali Qasim Khan.
The audio has been produced by Canadian based Pakistani producer, director and singer Zeeshan Parwez. The audio has been recorded by Nazeef Maqsood. The music has been produced by Shahab Qamar.
Kaghaz Ki Kashti features Naseer Afridi on vocals and Shahab Qamar on guitars. It is a song about depression. The song presents someone fighting against their inner self and doing their best to fight their inner self in order to overcome depression.
Naseer and Shahab are known for being a multilingual soft rock band. The band performs music in three languages namely English, Urdu and Pashto. Their English song is Born a Dead Man and Rise On My Broken Knees. Their Urdu songs are Hero, Meray Yaar, Pakistan and Geet. Their Pashto (which is the band’s mother tongue) songs are Za Pukhtoon Yam, Za, Sta Pashan Nayum and Ghalti Mein Shta.
Naseer and Shahab released their debut album self titled Naseer and Shahab this year. The album has been distributed by Rearts Records worldwide and is available digitally on many streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, ITunes and Google Play Music.
Naseer and Shahab was formed in 2010 and have received a lot of fame in a really short amount of time. They have won the 2015 Hum Award for the music video of their song Ghalti Mein Shta. Ghalti Mein Shta was also nominated for Best Single. They also have been nominated as the Best Emerging Band at the 2013 Lux Style Awards for their song Meray Yaar. In 2012 Naseer and Shahab was nominated as the Best Radio Rock Band at the Radio 1 FM 91 Awards for their song Za Pukhtoon Yam.
In 2014 Naseer and Shahab was featured in the 7th season of Coke Studio and they performed their hit single Za Sta Pashan Nayam. Their song Rise On My Broken Knees was featured in the Pashto language Pakistani film Project Peshawar.
Naseer and Shahab is credited as the first Pashto rock band of Pakistan.
You can listen and watch the amazing recently released Kaghaz Ki Kashti here:
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