90’s Indie band Salad return with Under The Wrapping Paper the first single from their long awaited new studio album, The Salad Way, set for release on August 30th.
Salad stood out from the Brit Pop Scene with a loud quiet loud ethic coupled with the sultry vocals of Marijne van der Vlugt on anthems more comparable to Pixies than Sleeper. Under The Wrapping Paper comes at you like a stream of consciousness. Marijne’s ‘conversational’ vocals are fused with searing guitars and a throbbing bassline with some impressionistic piano occasionally creeping in and out.
1. You Got The Job
2. In The Dark
3. Details
4. Your Face
5. Vadim’s Slipper
6. Merryland
7. Welcome To My World
8. Don’t Expect Things Not To Be Scary
9. Under The Wrapping Paper
10. The Inside Of My Head
11. Wayward Thinking
12. Lovesick Energy
13. Time To Escape
Salad were formed in London, England in 1992 by Marijne van der Vlugt, Paul Kennedy, Pete Brown and Rob Wakeman. They released their hit debut album Drink Me in 1995 featuring singles Drink the Elixir and Motorbike to Heaven. Follow up Ice Cream (1997) was produced by Donald Ross Skinner, with Charley Stone joining as a live member in 1996. The original Salad parted ways in 1998 but made friends and returned in 2017 after Paul and Marijne started writing together again in 2016 and recorded an album with Donald under the name Salad Undressed. The current line up of Salad is: Marijne van der Vlugt (vocs/keyboards), Paul Kennedy (gtr/vocs), Pete Brown (bass), Charley Stone (gtr/vocs), Donald Ross Skinner (drums).
Salad will be performing at the Starshaped Festival shows at the these places:
31 Aug 2019 – Manchester O2 Ritz
7 Sept 2019 – Newcastle O2 Academy
14 Sept 2019 – Birmingham O2 Institute
21 Sept 2019 – London O2 Forum Kentish Town
