“Calcutta” is the first track on alternative rock band “Sleep Tokens'” second EP, “Two”.

Based off the music video released by the band; this seems to be the “birth” of Vessel. His residence on earth is being defined in this song. He is transformed into an entity that is completely reliant of the existence of these memories he sings about. Vessel is now a devoted follower to Sleep.

Calcutta (natively Kolkata), is the capital of India’s West Bengal state. Calcutta, named such after the Hindu goddess Kali, homes grand architecture, festival culture, and holds the tombsite of Mother Teresa.

Focusing on the entomology, “Kolkata”Calcutta, derived from the Hindu Goddess of time, doomsday, and death, is described throughout the religion as “the dark one”, sometimes referred to as “the dark mother”. This follows a similar descriptive representation of Vessel as a deity, adopting relations to time and death within themselves, forming the band to confront the constrictions of limitation and death, which seems to bleed into the running theme of the EP.