Sunit Zadav Turns Introspection Into Songs on New EP A Textbook of Bad Decisions Vol. I

Mumbai, 13^th December 2025: Pune-based singer-songwriter Sunit Zadav returns with A Textbook of Bad Decisions Vol. I, a deeply personal EP shaped by quiet introspection, frontline experiences, and an unshakeable pull towards music. A doctor and anatomy professor by profession, Zadav’s songwriting emerges from the spaces between emotional vulnerability and lived reality, blending indie folk roots with jazz-pop and country influences.

The EP marks Zadav’s second body of work after his 2019 debut Quarter Life Crisis, and also his first collaboration with Grammy member Richard Andrew Dudley, who arranged and produced the project. Much of the material was written during the pandemic, while Zadav was serving as a COVID frontline worker. Long hospital shifts followed by isolation at a Pune University guesthouse surrounded by nature became an unexpected creative cocoon. “I was doing eight-hour work shifts at the COVID hospital and spending the rest of my hours quarantined at the Pune University guesthouse, which had been reserved for frontline workers. It was right in the middle of nature and proved to be the perfect atmosphere for songwriting”, he reflects.

A Textbook of Bad Decisions Vol. I opens with Queen, picking up sonically from Chandeliers, the closing track of his debut EP. Along with Flickers, the song captures internal dialogues at a romantic crossroads, where inspiration, infatuation, and illusion often blur. “I wanted to express the feeling of how inspired one feels when infatuated with a person or to put it more realistically – an idea of a person. It is a tricky process because often times, an artist finds a muse and confuses it for everlasting love. It takes quite a bit of wisdom not to confuse one with the other”.

The narrative deepens with Miss Gravity, shifting into a jazz-inspired soundscape with a 5/4 time signature, upright bass, and muted trumpets. The EP closes with I’m Fine, a folk-rock-leaning track driven by groove, harmonica, and a stream-of-consciousness lyrical flow that resolves the emotional arc on a hopeful note.

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Thematically, the EP explores the process of falling in love while confronting the realization that romanticism alone is not the same as the work required to sustain love. Dudley’s minimalist production mirrors this honesty, supported by a refined ensemble of session musicians including Joshua Pereira (keys), Osi Gomango (bass), Jaime Dudley (drums), Kamal Bob (percussion), and saxophonists Sweethin Hartman and Bharadwaj Krishnan. The EP was recorded at Streamphony Studios, Bengaluru . A Textbook of Bad Decisions Vol. I is now streaming on all major platforms.