Melbourne artist Albert Salt is here to brighten up your weekend with his cool new single “Family Tree.” It’s an endearing folky pop number that explores the closing doors of relationships.
Albert says he was inspired to write a Krautrock song after watching Radiohead side-project The Smile play at the live-streamed Glastonbury festival, “but it quickly became an alternative pop track. I had been listening to Silversun Pickups and was very influenced by the vocal harmonies and delivery they used in their song ‘Lazy Eye’ which I think you can hear in ‘Family Tree’.”
“After I had recorded the instrumental I got to work on the lyrics. With my most recent EP and last single I had drawn from extremely personal situations to write the lyrics, and found that it had been my best work despite it being very revealing and intimidating. I decided to go down the same path with this song and it explores the aftermath of the ending of close friendship but framed in a way to make it appear as if it was a romantic relationship.”
Albert took charge of the creative process, recording and producing “Family Tree” in his home studio. He then enlisted Nick Bond (Juno Disco, Aeroplane Mode, Kitschen Boy) for mixing and Joe Carra at Crystal Mastering (King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Pond, Hiatus Kaiyote) to give it a final spit polish. The result is a song that effortlessly combines summery vibes with a little bit of pathos.
Image used with permission from Habit Music Co; credit: James Vinson