The Salteens

The Salteens
The Salteens, July 2011
Background information
Origin	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Indie pop, indie rock, twee pop
Years active	1997 (1997)–present
Labels	Boompa (Canada) Delta Endearing Lost & Lonesome (Australia) Drive-In Records (U.S.)
Website	salteens.com
Members	Scott L. D. Walker, Kevin Cooper, Dion Willis, Rob Calder, Carrie Tennant
Past members	Erin Jane, Brent Follett, Megan Bradfield

The Salteens are a Canadian indie pop group formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1997. The band is in rotation on CBC Radio.

Their 2000 debut LP Short-Term Memories was released on Endearing Records. Along with an extensive, two-year tour in support of this release, the disc garnered The Salteens a substantial fan base not only in Canada, but in Australia, Japan and the United States. Short-Term Memories quickly rose to the top of Canada's national college-radio chart, and was nominated in the category of Best Alternative Album at Canadian Music Week's 2001 Independent Music Awards.

The band's second release, Let Go of Your Bad Days was produced by Kevin Kane, with contributions from Ryan Dahle and Pete Bastard. It was released in Australia in December 2006, supported by an opening berth on tour with Australian indie-pop bands The Lucksmiths and Jebediah.

Zellers, a Canadian discount department store, used the song "Nice Day" in its spring 2007 commercial. In addition, the band guest-starred and performed in the 28 August 2007 episode of Yo Gabba Gabba! titled "Happy." The band wrote 2 songs for "Yo Gabba Gabba!": "Be Nice to Animals" and "I'm So Happy I Can Dance".

In February 2008 the band released 2 new songs for free download on their official website. The songs were "Hallowed Ways" and "Sunnyside St.". In March they released an additional 2 tracks: "Don't Break My Heart" and "Everything They Know About Us".

April 2010: The band is currently in the studio with producer Todd Simko putting the finishing touches on its 3rd full-length album, entitled Grey Eyes. The disc will be released 12 October 2010 on Boompa.

On 11 May 2010 the band released a digital EP containing 6 songs entitled Moths. The songs are the product of a number of recording sessions that took place during 2007 and 2008 in Vancouver.