Sarpa Salpa to record new single and EP thanks to music industry grant

Sarpa Salpa will be returning to the studio to record a new single and EP which will both be released next year thanks to a music industry grant.

The Northampton indie five-piece have received the support from the PLL Momentum Music Fund, which offers grants to UK artists and bands to help them further their careers.

In what has been a turbulent year for all musicians, Sarpa Salpa were set to headline the BBC Introducing stage at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton and tour across the UK.

Sarpa Salpa’s manager, Kevin Bailey, said: “Being awarded this grant has given us some last minute Christmas cheer at the end of the year.

“We will be using the funds for the band to head back into the studio to record some new material from which we will be releasing a new single and EP.

“The fund will also allow us to continue to support our associated industry partners that work with the band such as radio pluggers, marketers, rehearsal studios, video editors, recording studios and mastering engineers - so the knock-on effect is far reaching and beneficial for a lot of parties in the music industry.”

Sarpa Salpa are singer and guitarist Marcus Marooth, guitarist George Neath, bassist Ethan Whitby, drummer Charlie Doe and key and synth player Meg Amirghisvand.

They will release the follow up to their latest single Stick To What You Know on February 12 with an EP then following on April 2.

Sarpa Salpa began 2020 with the release of their debut EP Say Something and were gigging upto the start of the first lockdown in March.

Despite the difficulties this year has brought, they released two singles which received the attention of BBC Radio 1, BBC6 Music, Radio X and a host of regional radio stations around the UK as well as being tipped by the Student Radio Association as an artist to watch in 2021.

Between national lockdowns, they headlined a socially distanced show at the Craufurd Arms in Milton Keynes.

They had also been set to play a hometown gig at the Roadmender this month.

The PPL Momentum Music Fund is run by PRS Foundation in partnership with PPL, Creative Wales, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Invest NI, Arts Council England and Spotify.

Since 2000, PRS Foundation has given more than £32 million to more than 6,800 new music initiatives.

Activities eligible for support include recording, writing, touring and marketing.

For more information, visit www.prsfoundation.com

Sarpa Salpa are hoping to play a run of socially distanced gigs in January and February.

For full details, visit https://www.facebook.com/SarpaSalpaMusic