00:00Slalom Day have been together for around eight years now, forming the group through their love of punk rock music.
00:08We call ourselves a punk band. Punk's a very big umbrella.
00:14A lot of people argue with us and say, you're not really a punk band, but we all like punk.
00:21I think that was our starting point. So we all really like punk bands.
00:27Our music's probably developed a little bit since then, but still quite, I would say, quite aggressive and in your face like punk is.
00:34So I think we're happy with the label, you know, doesn't bother us.
00:39I think that's where a lot of us take some of our influence from, to start with.
00:45And then we all have other kind of interests and that fades into it. I think that's what makes it interesting.
00:51Yeah. Loud guitar music without twiddly twiddly solos, I think is, that would be a good description.
00:57Yeah, that sums it up.
00:59Slalom Day is the iconic Sunderland beer. Can you still get it? I don't think you can.
01:05You can get it in Italy. We found it bottled in Italy. It was a really old strong lager, yeah.
01:10So it's a very iconic beer from over this way that everybody used to drink.
01:17It is, you could say that Slalom Day is to Sunderland as what Newcastle Brown Ale is to Newcastle,
01:22but you should really say it the other way around, around these parts, I think.
01:25Proudly rooted in the vibrant and ever growing Sunderland music scene,
01:30Slalom Day's new release lands at a time when the city is buzzing with creative energy.
01:35Harbour Walls is a celebration of home, a song that blends nostalgia with resilience
01:41and speaks to anyone who's ever found sanctuary in their hometown.
01:46Sunderland didn't inspire the song, so it's gone through quite a lot of change over the years.
01:56When we were kids, it was very industrial. My dad worked in the shipyards.
02:02We're going all the way back. It's always been a harbour. It's always been a port.
02:06And it was that idea of being somewhere that was welcoming, you know,
02:11and would always welcome people into the city.
02:14We were starting to get a reputation for that not being quite the case.
02:18And whenever we have a gig away, you come back up the year night again,
02:22you see Pension Monument, you know you're home.
02:25And it's that feeling of...
02:28Anybody could use it for their hometown, but it's that feeling of coming home.
02:33But especially if it's a harbour, it's a safe haven, somewhere you feel safe.
02:38And it started off being that was our feeling, because we're from here.
02:42But really, if you moved here yesterday, you could still relate to that feeling of it being
02:48somewhere that was welcoming, you know.
02:51And it really is. And that's what we wanted there.
02:55Just right about how good Sunderland is.
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