The Salt Flats  - EP

THE SALT FLATS Release Debut EP  - July 04^th 2011

The Salt Flatsare proud to announce their self-titled debut EP, which is due for release on July 04^th 2011. The songs themselves are a mix of traditional and modern and their arrangements build on simple but beautiful lyrics and melodies. They include traditional working songs, trawlermen's tales and songs exploring themes of love and loss, sometimes delicate but sometimes euphoric. Whilst musically very much rooted in the present you can still hear echoes of times passed.

Title:The Salt Flats EP

Tracks:4

Release Format:DD/CD

1.Sail Away To The Sea

2.Sweet Minerva

3.Pulling The Sea Dulse

4.Blackwaterside

A little bit about each band member:

Cara Cowanis a musician, artist, fashion follower, vegetarian and very passionate animal lover. She began gigging at the tender age of 16 and since then has been a member of many band lineups and has experimented with many different musical styles and hairdos! She has settled on a distinct sound of her own that fuses conventional pop with a modern folk element. Currently Cara lives in Belfastwith her two guinea pigs, Macey and Ginger. She likes many things including playing her guitar and omnichord, composing her own songs, wearing extremely high heels, rollerblading, painting, selling and buying things on eBay, smiley potatoes and rose wine!

KatieRichardsonis a musician, actress, and performer who will turn her hand to anything if you ask nicely or give her some wine. She loves to perform with lots of different musical outfits but especially her own, Katie And The Carnival! She has built and played with puppets in Belfast, Belgium and Italy, acted, designed and composed music for theatre productions in the UK and Ireland, done a film course in NYC, climbed mountains in lots of different continents and has had highs including performing at the meteor awards with Duke Special and singing in venues such as Westminster Abbey and the Royal Albert Hall! Lows include sitting down and being bored briefly back in 2006.

 Ewan Gordonlives by the Sea in the North East of England with an expanding collection of books, instruments and whiskey. He has toured throughout Europeand recent work as Coney Island Sound has aired all over UKradio. Along the way he has picked up a taste for field recording and a Master's in Music. He is currently researching a PhD on the History of Stereo recording. Whilst writing new material he is developing production music inspired by the likes of Bosworth and KPM, and he currently tends an eclectic collection of thousands of 78s and Reel to Reel tapes in a temperature controlled bunker in deepest Yorkshire. Ewan is not allowed to take his accordion into the Archive.

Mark Gordonlives by the sea in Northern Ireland, with a variety of people, young and old, cats and dogs, analogue keyboards and fresh mint by the handful. He writes music for all sorts of reasons -for television programmes that range from national BBC1 dramas through to kids TV shows, as a performer and remixer who has worked on artists on labels including Moshi Moshi, Saddle Creek, Second Royal and the Richter Collective, and as a reformed former DJ who played everywhere from warming up the crowd for Fleet Foxes on the main stage at Bestival to....Siberia (at which point he clicked his shoes and hung up the headphones)

The Salt Flats EP is truly inspiring. ‘Sweet Minerva’ has to be my favourite with the female harmonies and seaside sound, and the instruments compliment the song beautifully. ‘Sail Away To The Sea’ opens brilliantly with a quirky sound and fairytale imagery. ‘Pulling The Sea Dulse’ starts with a little harmonica solo and heads straight into the loveable sound that immediately grips you and makes you want to listen over and over again. ‘Black Waterside’ is the perfect end to the EP, giving your ears the pleasurable folksy pop sound that is clear throughout and a clear seaside theme, great for summer listening. These guys have to be my favourite band of this year so far, I’ve really found a little gem that deserve more credit and publicity for their work. Get on their website, and go a get their EP. They really pull at your heartstrings, and you won’t want to listen to anything else once you’ve discovered The Salt Flats!

The Salt Flats EPwill be available as digital download from all good online stores and as physical CD at www.thesaltflats.co.ukfrom July 04^th 2011.

For further information please visit – www.thesaltflats.co.uk

PR Contact:           Jeff Robinson PR (Jeff)   | +44(0) 787 4862334   |    jeff@jeffrobinsonpr.com

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 Amy Baker