“Baalak” Mukund Mouse’s Three-Track EP You Won’t Walk Out Of

About the Artist

Mukund Mouse, a Delhi-based band, channels raw teenage unrest into a fierce sonic identity. They blend gritty industrial textures, sharp 90s-style guitars, and haunting synths with deeply personal lyrics. Their debut EP Baalak, out May 7, 2026, delivers an intense, unfiltered experience, featuring three tracks alongside striking artwork by Mili Bajaj.

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The EP

SHIFT ///////// kicks the EP open on these haunting, almost invasive notes that sit right behind your ears. There’s a constant layer of humming running through it, like something is building, something is changing. By the second half, it genuinely feels like whatever “shift” was happening is complete—the creature is awake, alive. It plays out like a ritual, not clean or ceremonial, but messy, closer to possession. The lyric, “Another day, another face” talks of that transformation.

BALANCE comes in completely different but somehow just as unsettling. The opening feels like something trying to stay afloat on water, slightly unstable. It’s calmer on the surface, leaning into synths that feel almost buoyant. But midway through, it snaps. The vocals shift into this gritty, near rock-yell that drags the track forward by force, before slipping back into something softer again. That push and pull is the whole point. “Rage flows on and on, painting everything red, tainting every fiber of being.” This track doesn’t just say it, it does it.

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esc closes the EP in a way that feels both complete and unfinished. “Come back tomorrow when I’m alive again,” pulls you into this trance-like soundscape. The beats almost calm you down and steady your breathing. Then it turns. A spoken word section turns into thumping rap creeping up on you right before the climax, tightening, like walls closing in. It feels like it’s running toward an exit it never reaches, which makes the idea of “esc” feel deliberately incomplete.

Even with just three tracks, Baalak completely pulls you in. You stop thinking about anything else. You get dragged through it, piece by piece, until there’s nothing else left in your head. That kind of hold is rare, and it’s exactly why this release demands your attention when it drops on May 7, 2026.