Introducing Such and Shazia Khan
The new band formed by seasoned players Allan Smith and Rizwan ul Haque
Osman Khalid Butt
Islamabad

Such
The arrival of Zeb and Haniya marked a coming-of-age in Pakistani music: where an alternate, art-folk and ethnic blues influence brought diversity to the existing musical palette of the nation. Two years later, Shazia Khan, another Islamabadi [Haniya being an Islamabad native] picks up the microphone and inspires us with the haunting, expressive ballad ‘Manzil Chupa Do.’ An emotive melancholy strain, ‘Manzil Chupa Do’ might not be your average pop track, as it has no ‘chartbuster’ trappings, but the combination of Shazia’s restrained vocals, stellar guitar work by Rizwan-ul-Haque, and the always-brilliant Allan Smith on drums, makes it an interesting prelude to what the trio’s band Such has to offer.
The video of the four-minute piece is currently running on local channels.