The Salads

The Big Picture
Maui Wowie Records/Kindling Music

The Salads’ latest release shows that growing up really isn’t that hard to do. You just have to focus on The Big Picture and these guys hit the nail right on the head with this album.

The disc consists of 10 of the band’s most personal tracks, partly due to an unfortunate break-in at the studio during the recording of The Big Picture. Their original material may have been stolen, but the thieves couldn’t steal their determination to produce the record.

A mere month after the robbery, they recreated the songs again, focusing on more mature subjects like Alzheimer’s disease (‘Circles’) and body image (‘Individual’). The most notable track that reflects this maturity has to be ‘Growing Up’, which deals with the life changes and reality of getting older. It encompasses their entire journey during the process of making this album.

Having played together since they were in grade seven, the Toronto-based band has declared that this album contains their best material to date. And their unprecedented effort to please their fans with this great collection of songs is definitely reflected.

The Salads play Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor St. W) on June 8

Photography: Maui Wowie Records

Source: Scene and Heard.ca (www.sceneandheard.ca), June 2006 issue