POSTED BY A JAMES BOND FAN ON ONE OF THE MAJOR JB SITES!!

I like full-on rock, so I enjoyed listening to this track. The villain of the novel uses heroin as a weapon and the colour red is thematically significant because of its association with poppies: the music video alludes to 'heroin chic' and mortality (pale make up with heavy black eye shadow), and it uses the colour red, and thus it plays effectively into the novel's themes as well as the rock music values of "sex 'n' drugs 'n' rock 'n' roll".

My only reservation is not with the track itself but whether this genre of music is really the most appropriate for the novel as a 'period piece'. Faulks set the novel in the 60s, where Fleming left off, so SAL's contemporary rock sound doesn't match the period; in that regard, a more 'retro' musical theme may have been more appropriate. It's true that for 'Casino Royale' Chris Cornell's 'You Know My Name' has a raunchy rock sound to it - perhaps giving SAL their cue - but that movie is set in the present.

I like the band, though - the energy of the performance and the aesthetics of the video - and I hope SAL go from strength to strength.

Album update...

It's been a while since we last posted, so, to show we've been busy and not sitting on our bums letting the grass grow under our feet...here's what we've been up to...

We've almost finished writing the album!

The track we wrote last week is definitely the album opener, in and out in 3 minutes with not an ounce of fat on it. Probably gonna end on a very uptempo one too, and we're definitely gonna avoid the rock cliche of 'Track-3-is-the-ballad'!

We've demoed half the songs and they sound really good. Most of the other half will get demoed in the next week, then it's on to recording for real...

album coming soon

The new album is well underway.
Keep coming back to find out when the launch date will be.

The SECRET GIG

Well the gig was last night.
We officially launched the video and website.
Sal performed a 45 minute set that was recorded for use in a live album.
The video was premiered and the reactions were awesome.
On to plugging the thing now.
If anyone can post on othe rblogs or has contacts in the TV / Music / Press or internet businesses then please help out.
We have a great video, some fab songs and we want to get them out there.
So please post our link on blogs and send emails to your mates.
Oh yeah and dont forget to sign up to our mailing list.
See ya

The website goes live!!

SO the new SAL website has just gone live.
You can see the new video, listen to "The Devil May Care" and sign up for the mailing list.
We will launch a shop soon. You will be able to get SAL merchandising. If you buy stuff, then it buys us studio time and we can get more tracks out there.

So what do we have in the pipeline?
Next week there is a secret gig to launch the video, and record songs for a live album.

The new studio album is well under way. So we are keeping busy.

Tell your friends, post links to us and join the mailing list. It will all be worth it in the end!

New Website VERY Soon!

OK guys,
The New SALTHEBAND.CO.UK website will be live VERY soon.
So keep coming back. Should be live by Friday 20th June or very soon after.
The new video will be on line, there will be notice of some very special gigs and all the latest about the BOND connection.
Tell your friends to sign up.

Sal on Last FM

Come and have a listen to Sal on Last FM!

There's a load of old favourites on there, and we'll also be posting clips of stuff from our forthcoming album, so check back regularly...

Don't forget to 'love' the tracks there...cos you know you do...