Mumbai-based independent music project Arrows, the brainchild of musician and music journalist David Britto, released his fourth single Hello Cheater on Friday, May 13th, 2022. The in-your-face garage rock song is written from the perspective of one’s conscience addressing them after committing to an affair away from their significant other. For this song, Arrows tapped Mumbai-based punk/rock/pop band The Lightyears Explode to collaborate with on.

Sharing more about this release, David Britto said, “I wrote ‘Hello Cheater’ after being put in an uncomfortable situation by a person I cared for. Although it’s taken years to heal the scars, this song was a way to cope with it and come out on the other side stronger than before.”

On working with The Lightyears Explode, David Britto said, “I’ve been a fan of The Lightyears Explode for 10 years. The guys are heroes of mine. So, when they agreed to work on this song with me I was ecstatic, really honored that they said yes. Working with them was a breeze and they definitely helped capture the sound and feel of the song, I’d totally work with them again in a heartbeat.”

Hello Cheater includes a fiery guitar riff, plenty of grit, The Lightyears Explode’s power-packed sound as well as steely vocals, making it a fierce and punchy track. A music video that captures the essence of the song will also be out a couple of days after the track goes live as well as merch in the form of T-shirts will also be sold to help support this release.

David Britto began his collaborative project Arrows in 2018 after playing bass for Bombay blues-rockers The Tripp and performing extensively at clubs across India as well as music festivals such as Bacardi NH7 Weekender and Sula Fest. While with the band, they released an EP called ’Superhuman’ in 2016. Thereafter began David’s solo work as Arrows where he invites guest vocalists to feature on his songs. As Arrows, he began releasing music in 2019 and has collaborated with artists such as Vernon Noronha, Siddharth Basrur and Raghav Meattle. When David is not composing or performing, he writes about and on the indie music scene for Rolling Stone India. He also runs a successful podcast series called My First Record.

Audio Credits:

Written and Composed by David Britto

Performed by The Lightyears Explode

Produced, Guitars and Vocals by Saurabh Roy

Bass by Shalom Benjamin

Mixed and Mastered by Jason D’Souza

Artwork by Anshul Bhansali

Photographs by Ronit Sarkar

Music Video Credits:

Director: Blake D’Silva

Cinematographer: Aaron Steve Pereira

Starring: Christina Lobo, Aniruddh Shenoy and Kirsten Varela

Set Operations: Danielle Pereira

Location Courtesy: Nirmika Singh