Kaikoura legends, Salmonella Dub released their new EP Freak Local through Virgin Records on
Monday 29 June. Unfortunately for us fans, the group is heading to Australia this month where they will play sell-out shows on their 30th tour of Australia.
The good news is that the well-loved beat merchants are using the OZ tour to road test new material before they return to the studio to finish working on their next album, due for release in October. This should mean a tour of NZ is in store for local fans as well.
Freak Local is a selection of mixes from Salmonella Dub’s upcoming seventh album and it features vocal contributions from the amazing Tuhoe diva Whirimako Black as well as MC Madness from The Mighty Asterix, all recently mixed at Salmonella Dub’s Hapuku studio in Kaikoura.
The oddly named EP, Freak Local, is an ode to those Kiwi individuals who refuse to conform. Every village, town and city has its characters, some freaky others tame, and, as Andrew Penman from the band observes: ‘They are often the characters you remember and bump into again and again. It’s their stories and perspective on life that create the back bone of New Zealand’.
Freak Local track listing:
1. Freak Local (radio cut)
2. Dub Cakes
3. Madness
4. Freak Local (EP mix)
5. Ding Megal
6. Clicking Tock
For more information, and a reminder of why they’re still going strong, go to the group’s website:
http://www.salmonelladub.com