Salsa Co.

A fortunate by-product of sleepless nights, on-demand television and leftover riffs, the genesis of Salsa Co. represented a weary yet optimistically cathartic stage in the lives of those involved. Having started as a two piece, sampling acoustic guitar riffs and processing them into lo-fi, 808-heavy bedroom-emo, the addition of Liam Tritton behind the drum kit was a welcome rejuvenation for the band, and initiated the re-writing and recording of debut <a href="spotify:album:2e1Km3YPy0OGlzlSvNefve" data-name="But, in the End, What Does It Matter? I Could Never Get Myself Together">But, in the End, What Does It Matter? I Could Never Get Myself Together</a>. Of Tritton joining the band, Olbrechts says: &quot;Adding Liam was like finding the missing spice for the salsa. It felt so good to be playing live with him again after 3 or so years since (old band) College finished.&quot;
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The result is nine short, sweet songs in which meticulous, nuanced beats drive lucid, mellifluous guitar lines and candid, vulnerable lyrics. While the influence of math-rock artists such as TTNG is equally obvious to that of The Smiths, The Cure and other indie bands of the 80s, the band cite Death Cab for Cutie and American Football as sentimental favourites, and folk-influenced fingerstyle guitar is a vital facet of the band&#39;s sound.