Return of the Salteens

February 3rd, 2008 · 8 Comments

Hi.

So, we kind of disappeared for a while. For about 4 years, to be exact. Everyone got busy with other projects, day jobs, athletic endeavors, and other reasonable distractions until, on December 15 2007, the Salteens decided to record music again.

On January 4 2008 I sent out 2 demos to the band. We got together at our rehearsal space down the street a few times and banged out some ideas, then went into Lemon Loaf Studio (where Short Term Memories was recorded in 1999) on January 18 to record Brent’s drums and Kevin’s bass with our friend Todd Simko. The next day we journeyed out to the highschool where Carrie teaches to record her piano parts and some vibes that I got to play. Then we spent the rest of the week adding vocals and guitars out at Todd’s home studio before heading to Kevin’s house to record Rob’s trumpet and some hand claps on January 27. Todd mixed the song over the next few days and sent us mastered versions on February 3, which is today.

We have posted the two songs, “Hallowed Ways” and “Sunnyside St.” for you to download for free.

The plan is for the band to record 2 songs each month for a year. Think of the first song as the “single”, and the second as its “b-side” (like a 45 record, except more digital). The songs will be made available for free download on our website as soon as they are done, usually near the last day of the month. We hope that you like the songs and that you share them with as many people as possible. Also, we would love to hear from you, so please send us an e-mail or leave us a message on our website.

Glad to be back, hope you all have kept well in the interim.

Scott Walker

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8 comment so far...

  • 1 chynna said:
     Feb 4, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    yay!! about time you come back!! hehe ;D

    im excited i <3 you! =)

  • 2 David said:
     Feb 4, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    Well I’ll be. Thanks for brightening my morning, and welcome back!

  • 3 Linus said:
     Feb 4, 2008 at 3:47 pm

    FAN-tastic! Glad to hear ya’ll are back to it. Come on down to Chicago soon.

  • 4 Andrew from Phoenix said:
     Feb 4, 2008 at 6:34 pm

    Thanks for the free songs! My friend Leah and I host a 2 hour all Canadian music radio show on the Arizona State University radio station every Thursday from 2-4pm. Would love to play the new stuff on our show. So glad to finally hear new stuff from you guys.

    Andrew

  • 5 chumptastic dot org said:
     Feb 5, 2008 at 1:31 pm

    […] 4 years of waiting, the salteens have finally released two new songs as part of their new two songs a month project. and they’re […]

  • 6 Glenn said:
     Feb 12, 2008 at 10:23 pm

    yes, it has been a while, and sadly the salteens have dropped down to be my 2nd favourite band during the last 4 years, maybe now you will regain the top spot.

  • 7 Jeremy said:
     Feb 12, 2008 at 10:55 pm

    Oh this makes my night! And although the night gallery is no more, you guys should come back to Calgary sooner than later.

  • 8 Adam said:
     Feb 19, 2008 at 3:42 am

    New salteens songs kick ass! Its great to have some new tunes after so long. now i can stop living in the past.


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