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Grey Eyes in stores now!

the salteens — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:21:41 +0000

After what seems like forever, our album Grey Eyes hit stores yesterday. Click here to buy online from us/our label Boompa, or here to get from iTunes. We played a show in Vancouver on Saturday, performing most of the album with our current 10-piece lineup — 6 horns and no guitars. It was a wonderful experience to finally play our new songs and to have the record available for our friends to take home. There are photos and a review of the show up on Guttersnipe. Everyone from Boompa was there, and Todd Simko our producer was there too, and labelmates Colleen and Paul opened along with our new friends the Wind Whistles.

Hope you like the album. Oh, here is a review from AllMusic.

October 9th at the Biltmore

the salteens — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:35:11 +0000

We are back from our Canadian tour with Yo Gabba Gabba. Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg, London and Ottawa. DJ Lance and all the cast are our new besties. In other news, our album release show is coming up on October 9th at the Biltmore in Vancouver (sorry everywhere else, no tour dates to announce yet). Tickets are now on sale at Red Cat and Zulu and online here. Colleen and Paul and the Wind Whistles are opening. They are hot awesome. It’s an early show, so doors are at 8pm.

Kid Songs ready to go!

scott — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:46:06 +0000

We’ve taken the 2 songs we recorded for Yo Gabba Gabba plus 4 more songs that we had recorded in the past couple of years, and put them together to make Kid Songs. A 4-song version of Kid Songs will be available digitally at iTunes, etc. but if you want “I’m So Happy” and “Be Nice To Animals” you’ll need to pick up a copy.

The EP will be available right here and offstage at the YGG shows we’re playing.

Thank you Sasha Lewis for drawing all the monsters and animals.

Tracklisting

I’m So Happy
Be Nice To Animals
All My Friends Are Different
Count On My Hands
Have A Nap Mom
I Love My Cat

If Love Is Gone Where Do We Go From Here?

scott — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:25:51 +0000

Life was hard for a while. It was hard to write music. Now things are better. There is a new album called Grey Eyes that will be available on October 12, 2010. We worked really hard on it. For a long time. We hope you like it. You can download If Love Is Gone Where Do We Go From Here off Grey Eyes right here. There is also going to be an EP of kids songs that we recorded for Yo Gabba Gabba out in September, which will go nicely with the tour dates that we will be doing with YGG in Canada. Here are the tour dates.

September 08: Edmonton, AB – Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (6:30pm)
September 09: Calgary, AB – Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (6:30pm)
September 11: Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre (1pm and 4pm)
September 12: Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre (1pm and 4pm)
September 14: Regina , SK – Brandt Centre (6:30pm)
September 15: Winnipeg, MB – MTS Centre (6:30pm)
September 18: London, ON – John Labatt Centre (1pm and 4pm)
September 19: Ottawa, ON – Scotiabank Place (1pm and 4pm)

Things that are going on

scott — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:44:09 +0000

Moths EP is still in the college charts in Canada. It seems to come and go, with a sort of moth-like attraction to being in the top 50.
New album is done. Grey Eyes is 10 songs with next to no guitars.
Photo shoot. We did one last weekend -probably the first time that we have had the 10 current members of the band together. Set up around the corner from our house and started playing in the street. Ended up with a crowd of about 50 neighbors and passersby listening and clapping. Neat surprise.

How are you?