Artist description A progressive rock group hailing from northern California's Sonoma County. Attic Salt is a solid live act.

Music Style alternative

Musical Influences Peter Gabriel,Rush, Police, Sunny Day Real Estate

Similar Artists Peter Gabriel,Rush, Police, Sunny Day Real Estate

Artist History Attic Salt has been taking northern California by storm. They have only been playing togethersince January 1999 and have already released there first CD "Instrumentality" and are collecting a small following of loyal fans, turn groupies. Look for heavy touring by this band in the year 2000.

Group Members Mario Bertacco, guitarsGina Malfatti, vocalsEli Colvin, bassRichard Graham, percussion

Instruments guitar, bass, drums, vocals

Albums Instrumentality, Self Titled

Press Reviews The hits just keep on coming Jan. 23, 2000 Press DemocratBy John BeckStaff Writer Attic Salt / "Instrumentality" Parading as the soundtrack to that afterschool TV special where the guy still living with his parents mopes around the neighborhood until he finds his long lost dog, "Instrumentality" evolves into an atmospheric melange of bass lines and repetitive chord progressions that grows and grows until you just want to shove it in your car CD player and see if you can drive to Boonville and back on one tank of gas. Quite often instrumental albums have a way of begging for a leadsinger, but who needs vocals when you've got the chemistry of Mario Bertacco on 6 and 11 string guitars, Eli Colvin on the 5- string bass and Richard Graham's percussion. Imagine textured Rush intros before Geddy Lee would chime in hold that thought, loop it a few times and program it on extended play and you have a glimpse of Attic Salt at their very, very best. Sketchy sound poems, "Bipolar" toys with a manic volume control, reminding of Nirvana's soft again/loud again Marco Polo games, but with none of the grunge. And "Crunchy Country Christmas" builds toward a hypnotic rising tension that could just as easily be the soundtrack for a doomed cross-country ski expedition as a description of grampa gutting a deer in the shed out back. At six songs, "Instrumentality" only offers a taste of a sound that wavers between monotonous and spirited. But Attic Salt proves they're more than just three guys tooling around in the garage. They're three well-synched musicians who like to noodle (even if they're still in the garage).

Additional Info http://www.slapstickrecords.com

Location santa rosa, ca - USA

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