SOUNDCHECK: NEAR AND FAR.

The duo that brought the smash hit single Sukoon (featuring the incredibly talented Shae Gill) to our airwaves has come out with yet another single - Duur Se. This time, Hassan and Roshan have featured the vocal talents of Amna Riaz on their somewhat dreamy and ethereal, electropop number - or so it seemed at first.

How do I describe Duur Se? I know retropop is trending right now as a genre but Hassan and Roshaan inhabit the spirit of Pakistani boy bands from the '90s to the T in Duur Se. Obviously some very modern production magic has gone into creating that recorded-on-tape sound and feel of the song overall.

The song opens with the main chords playing on a guitar with a slight echo effect as if it's being played in a large empty building.

You hear the sound of a cassette going into a player and the echo is gone and the bass comes on. The same music has a more refined sound and we hear Amna start the song with her sweet voice.

In Duur Se Hassan and Roshan channel Pakistani boy bands from the '90s to pop perfection

Hassan joins in (he sounds uncannily like Atif Aslam in quite a few places, his voice has that same quality to it). But he really shows off his powerhouse vocals in the main chorus:

Duur Se/ Bulaye teri yaadein/ Na jane teri/ Awaaz din raat aaye mujhe/ Kahin duur se [From afar/Your memories summon me/ I don't know how, your/ voice calls to me day and night/ from...