Soliti presents the debut EP Songs by Pink Chameleons. The EP is written, recorded, mixed and mastered by PC's leader, guitarist and vocalist Paltsa-Kai Salama. Salama (known for his other band Black Lizard) formed the three piece in 2016, where he's joined by Antti Sauli (Bass) and Ville Hopponen (Drums, Keyboards).
Pink Chameleons posit themselves as a Garage/Blues/Country band - those broad strokes could take in a Pink Chameleons feeling for everything from The Stooges to Waylon Jennings - with the band’s indelible contemporary stamp on proceedings.
Paltsa-Kai tells us “I've always enjoyed band names that are somehow linked to another band but still stand on their own. When I mentioned this to Black Lizard guitarist Joni, he came up with our name Pink Chameleons”.
The story behind the debut EP:
"You could say that the process of making this EP started back in late 2015, when Black Lizard returned from a European tour and decided to have a six months break. I thought that would be a good time to do a solo record and use some ideas that hadn’t fitted into Lizard's collective musical vision. So the next 12 months I worked my way through forming a solo band, learned how to perform as a solo artist and did a solo record. Most importantly I learned that I felt awkward and uncomfortable performing under my own name and working in a non-band environment. When the solo group fell apart in late 2016, Pink Chameleons was formed. Iiro Tulkki had played keyboards on my solo album and Antti Sauli had filled in on bass duties in other bands I played in. For the next two years or so we learned how to play music together, went through various name changes and tried out different approaches to recording. Also, changes in my personal life made playing in a band feel like I was learning how to walk again. Little by little it all started to work out. Iiro left to concentrate on his other musical groups and Ville Hopponen joined to play drums with us and with him we finally finished the record. So here it is, after what feels like a lifetime, a Pink Chameleons record. Musically you can call it garage rock or psych rock, I don’t know. To me it’s just music we like to play. But when someone asks I tend to say that we are a garage-blues-country band. But unfortunately we left all the bluesy and countryish numbers out of this EP for the next one, so go figure that out…" - Paltsa-Kai Salama
credits
released December 13, 2019
Album cover by HONK!
All songs written by Paltsa-Kai Salama
Arranged by Pink Chameleons
Recorded in various basements in Helsinki, Finland during 2018-2019
Recording, mixing and mastering by Paltsa-Kai Salama
Cover art by HONK!
Vocals & guitars: Paltsa-Kai Salama
Bass: Antti Sauli
Drums: Ville Hopponen
Keyboard and percussion on tracks 3 & 4: Iiro Tulkki
Backing vocals on track 2 by Tytti Roto
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