SAL
SAL, a new four-piece rock/punk outfit from Cardiff, have enjoyed a blistering start to 2009. They have notched up a Bond theme - they have been chosen to provide the official theme song to Sebastian Faulks’ new James Bond novel, 'Devil May Care' - they have also just won 'Best Live Act' at the Exposure Music Awards, and notched up considerable national media attention.
The band have just released their new album, 'Conversations with My Therapist', produced by the legendary Greg Haver (Manic Street Preachers, Catatonia, INME). He has crafted a fresh, punky, infectious sound that's helped secure SAL's considerable fanbase.
Fronted by lead singer Cat, with Noog on guitars, Chris on bass and Denley on drums, SAL have shared stages with the likes of fellow rockers Terris, Skindred, Reef, The Crockets, Dodgy, Kennedy Soundtrack, The Datsuns, Fydolla Ho, Bad Manners and Saxon.
Hello there, what are you up to?
Well it’s an exciting time for us in the Sal camp, we just had an amazing album launch, it was the first time we’ve played the new album live and the response was excellent! Now we’re looking forward to touring the album, spending some quality time as a band again in hot and sweaty venues, and hopefully getting plenty of radio play.
You brought out your new album last month, tell us a bit about that..
The album is called ‘Conversations with My Therapist’. This album is the first time we’ve really properly written together as a band, so we’re more excited about it than we have been about anything else. It’s more organically written and all our influences are in every song which makes it the best thing we’ve done.
If you could recommend just one song from the album for us to listen to, what would it be?
I like Get Your Facts Right. It's the opening song on the album and I think it shows a different side to us.
Many people might be surprised by the number of albums you’ve actually released, what gives you the motivation to keep going in this career?
It’s the love of it! We’re not only a band, but a family, and as long as we’re all enjoying it we’ll keep going, it is a lot of hard work, but it’s also a lot of fun and very rewarding.
We are constantly excited about the things we achieve as a band. I mean with this album, we’ve done it all ourselves, Noog (guitarist) worked so hard at producing it and we absolutely love the result! Now we can’t wait to promote it and get people as excited as we are about it…and then? …. start writing the next one. At the end of the day we don’t get paid for doing this as a job, so the reasons we keep on going are obvious.
What advice would you give to someone just starting out, knowing what you know now?
Enjoy it! It’s easy to get bogged down by trying to ‘make it’, and believe me a lot of broken promises along the way can really weigh you down. So find the right band, stick with it, and have some great years together, these will be times you’ll never forget. Also, the Fans are the most important thing. Stay in touch with your fans, give your music away, sell merchandise, use the net to keep your fans updated and give them things to be excited about all the time.
To anyone who hasn’t heard of you yet, how would you describe your sound?
Rock, Pop, Punk, Metal. To be honest I wouldn’t! Just listen to us. We are compared to bands all the time, usually because they’re female fronted, but not because they’re anything like us. We are fundamentally a rock band, you’ll have to figure the rest out for yourselves. In a Kerrang review we were compared to Skunk Anansie, which is nice because they were an awesome band., but also Garbage and more recently Paramore. To be honest I think we sound like ‘Sal’.
If you could cover another band’s song, what would it be?
Ha ha that’s a funny question because we can never agree on a perfect cover to do at gigs! So I guess it's easier to tell you the last song we covered: Blondie - Hanging on the telephone
And can you sum up your good selves in just five words?
Dynamic, Exciting, a Little Crazy!
You know we’re having a bit of an economic crisis here at the moment, if people wanted to spend their last £10 on a cd this weekend, why should they buy yours?
They won’t be disappointed if or should I say when they buy it! There’s a real variety of music on this album. It’s one of those albums which will stay with you, I guarantee if you listen to it a couple of times you’ll be hooked.
What three bands would you have to headline your dream festival?
Iron Maiden, Metallica, No Doubt. (Michael Jackson would have been there)
What has been your favourite musical memory to date?
Ah there’ve been so many, but I would say when we realised that we finally found a bass player who was gonna stay put!
But a close second was writing the theme song for the recent James Bond Audio book "Devil May Care".
If all of the bands equipment was on fire, what one piece would you save and why?
Denley’s (drummer) giant schlong - It’s our Inspiration.
If you could only listen to one CD for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Okay, now we want to ask you some random questions; Tell me about the most terrifying experience of your life…
My first Rock Gig!
What’s the most stupid purchase you’ve ever made?
Hmmmmm. None. They’ve all made me who I am today! Lol Ah okay…Probably a spiderman costume which my parents struggled to get me out of until my late 20s!
Why go to the top of a tall building, only to put money in binoculars and look at things on the ground?
Ha ha ha. Good Question. To feel big against all the little people down there?
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SAL, a new four-piece rock/punk outfit from Cardiff, have enjoyed a blistering start to 2009. They have notched up a Bond theme - they have been chosen to provide the official theme song to Sebastian Faulks’ new James Bond novel, 'Devil May Care' - they have also just won 'Best Live Act' at the Exposure Music Awards, and notched up considerable national media attention.
The band have just released their new album, 'Conversations with My Therapist', produced by the legendary Greg Haver (Manic Street Preachers, Catatonia, INME). He has crafted a fresh, punky, infectious sound that's helped secure SAL's considerable fanbase.
Fronted by lead singer Cat, with Noog on guitars, Chris on bass and Denley on drums, SAL have shared stages with the likes of fellow rockers Terris, Skindred, Reef, The Crockets, Dodgy, Kennedy Soundtrack, The Datsuns, Fydolla Ho, Bad Manners and Saxon.
Hello there, what are you up to?
Well it’s an exciting time for us in the Sal camp, we just had an amazing album launch, it was the first time we’ve played the new album live and the response was excellent! Now we’re looking forward to touring the album, spending some quality time as a band again in hot and sweaty venues, and hopefully getting plenty of radio play.
You brought out your new album last month, tell us a bit about that..
The album is called ‘Conversations with My Therapist’. This album is the first time we’ve really properly written together as a band, so we’re more excited about it than we have been about anything else. It’s more organically written and all our influences are in every song which makes it the best thing we’ve done.
If you could recommend just one song from the album for us to listen to, what would it be?
I like Get Your Facts Right. It's the opening song on the album and I think it shows a different side to us.
Many people might be surprised by the number of albums you’ve actually released, what gives you the motivation to keep going in this career?
It’s the love of it! We’re not only a band, but a family, and as long as we’re all enjoying it we’ll keep going, it is a lot of hard work, but it’s also a lot of fun and very rewarding.
We are constantly excited about the things we achieve as a band. I mean with this album, we’ve done it all ourselves, Noog (guitarist) worked so hard at producing it and we absolutely love the result! Now we can’t wait to promote it and get people as excited as we are about it…and then? …. start writing the next one. At the end of the day we don’t get paid for doing this as a job, so the reasons we keep on going are obvious.
What advice would you give to someone just starting out, knowing what you know now?
Enjoy it! It’s easy to get bogged down by trying to ‘make it’, and believe me a lot of broken promises along the way can really weigh you down. So find the right band, stick with it, and have some great years together, these will be times you’ll never forget. Also, the Fans are the most important thing. Stay in touch with your fans, give your music away, sell merchandise, use the net to keep your fans updated and give them things to be excited about all the time.
To anyone who hasn’t heard of you yet, how would you describe your sound?
Rock, Pop, Punk, Metal. To be honest I wouldn’t! Just listen to us. We are compared to bands all the time, usually because they’re female fronted, but not because they’re anything like us. We are fundamentally a rock band, you’ll have to figure the rest out for yourselves. In a Kerrang review we were compared to Skunk Anansie, which is nice because they were an awesome band., but also Garbage and more recently Paramore. To be honest I think we sound like ‘Sal’.
If you could cover another band’s song, what would it be?
Ha ha that’s a funny question because we can never agree on a perfect cover to do at gigs! So I guess it's easier to tell you the last song we covered: Blondie - Hanging on the telephone
And can you sum up your good selves in just five words?
Dynamic, Exciting, a Little Crazy!
You know we’re having a bit of an economic crisis here at the moment, if people wanted to spend their last £10 on a cd this weekend, why should they buy yours?
They won’t be disappointed if or should I say when they buy it! There’s a real variety of music on this album. It’s one of those albums which will stay with you, I guarantee if you listen to it a couple of times you’ll be hooked.
What three bands would you have to headline your dream festival?
Iron Maiden, Metallica, No Doubt. (Michael Jackson would have been there)