Epsom Salts: 'Blue and Green' Track Review

Photo by Briony Graham-Rudd

Earlier this month, Brighton-based noise-rockers Epsom Salts released their sophomore single Blue and Green, a track that is equal parts punk and playful, with a hook that will be stuck in your head for days.

The band’s experimental, genre-bending sound, as introduced in their debut release Pig!, is further solidified with this unique release. Despite the band's clear punk influence, this track is carefully and expertly crafted; maintaining the spirit and feel of the punk genre but channelling its energy into a much more alternative, avant-garde sound. 

Vocalist Shea Harding, whose storytelling is one of many defining features of Epsom Salts, sets the scene of being out and under the influence and being offered something that was, well, “blue and green”... 

“The shapes the colours, I couldn’t believe it. Incomprehensible to my drunken mind, that shit was fucking blue and green.” 

Photo by Briony Graham-Rudd

The tightness of the band's performance can also not be understated; the drums in particular being a stand-out addition to this track. Additionally, The production elements on Blue and Green, such as the vocal modulation and hard panning, serve to bring Harding’s different thoughts, feelings and characters to life whilst adding to the sheer fun and chaos of the tune. 

“I’ve done plenty of drugs in my time, and out of everything I snorted, I’ll tell you this for nothing; none of it was fucking blue and green”

Epsom Salts are definitely a band to keep on your radar in 2024. Listen to Blue and Green here!