Scottish based post-punk group SALt are defiant and raw in their style and substance. On ‘Boxcar’, the groups affinity for crafting effortlessly addictive and engaging riffs is made more than evident. Sharon Woods distinctive vocal performance, rekindling the life and fire of the frenzied and dark sounds of the 90s serves to create a wholly manic rollercoaster of a rock tune that’s scintillating from back to front. Drawing influences from everything from Nick Cave to The Pixies, SALt’s punk energy is frenetic and impossible to tie down.
Boxcar marks the group’s first professionally recorded single, a marked timestamp for a group who thrives on the raw and razor sharp energy that their riffs and pulsating drums bring roaring to life. There’s momentum to this piece, a drive and a verve that you can’t help but fall into once it starts moving forward. Edinburgh’s latest four piece rock group is sure to start to make their mark with more of the same.