Yo-Yo LiveLab with Salako Saturday 3rd April 2004. 10pm - 3am

Salako are among the cream of the crop in the Hull live music scene. Now a four piece once again, Salako have confirmed that they are set to release a new album, The Story Of Our Life So Far in April 2004 on the Tablature label. They have also scheduled some live dates and radio sessions to support the release. One be at The Yo-Yo indie nights LiveLab on the 3rd of April 2004 at The Welly club Hull (on stage at 11pm). Yo-Yo has hosted 2 sell out Live nights this year with Fonda 500 and The Paddingtons taking to the stage.

The first Salako album, Re-inventing punctuation was released in August 1998. It was recorded in a bedroom in the spring of that year, after the band signed to Jeepster Recordings, home of Belle and Sebastian and Snow Patrol. They gained praise for their idiosyncratic live shows, which delighted and confused the public in equal measures due to their innovative use of sleeping bags, Jaffa Cakes and drum solo's. Musicality was the title of the second album, which was released in June 1999.

They then started recording their third album. This time in a studio with Michael Brennan, who has worked with Super Furry Animals and Elastica, throughout late 2000 and 2001. Over the next couple of years the band finished the record with the help of Tim Wills, a producer who trained with Trevor Horn, and has worked with Ian Brown. The album will now be released in April 2004 on Tablature recordings.

For this new album, called The Story Of Our Life So Far, Salako have again changed their live sound. The band have added a more raw and electric edge to their performances, which they plan to play throughout Britain and Europe in 2004. Yo-Yo LiveLab at The Welly club, Hull with Salako and Dj Priya Saturday 3rd April 2004 10pm - 3am £4 b4 11 £5 after.

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