Salt Collective - Life - VINYL LP

Fueled by the financial drippings of number runners & boosted by Hall-of-Fame running back Jim Brown, Cleveland, Ohio's Way Out Records offered asylum for a rising crop of rogue soul men, rust-belt vocal ensembles, & trial-by-fire producers. Helmed by a friendly consortium of hustlers, police officers, and gridiron giants, pet project beget obsession as Motown arrangers, gospel choirs, and the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra were all beckoned to the wrong side of the tracks to mint masterpieces for the Sensations, Volcanic Eruption, the Exceptional Three, and Bobby Wade, all beneath the mindful gaze of a wall-mounted shotgun. Reaching their peak in the late '60s, Eccentric Soul The Way Out tag gathers the brightest moments from the quirky operation's eleven year bid. This 2 CD version includes exclusive photos & extensive liner notes. For fans of group harmony, sweet soul, orchestral feats and lo-fi oddities.

On their third LP the band pay homage to their hometown of Hull and it's folk. North East Coastal Town is mature; it finds the band at the height of their powers as they carve-up a wide-screen, brooding body of work that is drenched in a sense of belonging and reflection but still impressively maintains their trademark swagger and ear for pop sensibilities and guitar hooks.InchHull and the surrounding area runs through our DNA and has shaped us, weathered us, empowered us, embraced us. When writing and recording this album it was important to us that this sense of belonging was also reflected in the album's craft and therefore we used local studios, equipment, gear, and the community around us to establish what it means to belong in a North East Coastal Town.InchThey began rebuilding with 'Friends Without Names' - the first glimpse from the album - which was added to the A-List at BBC 6Music, and was recorded in the dead of night and hums with a dark, brooding and passionate atmosphere. InchFriends Without Names is the anchor and blueprint for our next record. In a remote part of Eastern England, close to the river Humber, we performed this track as if we were in trance; vibrating in a constant musical crescendo. Our aim was to push ourselves and harness differing time zones whilst giving in to the moments of beauty, horror, love and chaos depicted by the song's lyrics.Inch (Mez Green, vocals)InchThis band are flexing their creativity for sure, This is LIFE we are talking about, they'll always have something to say, something to stand for, a band to get lost in for sureInch Jack Saunders, BBC RADIO 101. Friends Without Names02. Big Moon Lake03. Incomplete04. Almost Home05. Duck Egg Blue06. Shipping Forecast07. Poison08. Self Portrait09. The Drug10. Our Love Is Growing11. All You Are

Tara Nome Doyle describes her music a mix of Inchart popInch and Inchdark folkInch. While her previous long-players' central concepts were more abstract, here she decided to challenge herself by writing a set of very personal songs. Ekko's overall theme is one of losing and rediscovering your voice. It takes it's name from an essay by Norwegian author Lena Lindgrens, which uses the Greek myth of Echo and Narcissus to explore modern day Inchinfluencer / followerInch phenomena. The myth seemed to act as an analogy for Doyle's concerns that she was listening more to the feedback of others than her own internal creative impulses. The music mixes acoustic keys and guitars, and electronically processed palettes, but the focus is always Doyle's voice. Her lyrics reflect crises of confidence, brought about by personal and professional change. The struggle of shaking off society's shackles of conformity, and instead staying true to your own course. Before writing, Doyle says that she was initially paralysed with self-doubt and Inchstuck between accepting defeat or starting anew. Inch The songs shift between a feeling of being totally lost through to hopeful transformation. The pieces' protagonist facing fears to embrace change and the energy it ultimately brings. Listening to the end result recalls another ancient myth, that of the Phoenix rising from the ashes.