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Song and Salt Bring Their Tropical Underground World to “Echo Chambers”
The San Diego collective’s September release credits Sham Blak alongside the group.
Song and Salt’s “Echo Chambers” arrives with Sham Blak credited alongside the collective. Released September 14, 2026, the recording runs four minutes and 35 seconds and offers a current entry into the San Diego group’s catalog.
The group’s own website describes influences that include reggae, hip-hop, progressive rock and jam bands. Its broader writing draws on ancient texts and experiences of conflict and resilience, according to that artist-authored introduction.
Kevin Mankins’s own production profile locates his work at Cape May Sound Lab in Ocean Beach and calls the aesthetic “Tropical Underground.” That gives the collective’s coastal identity a named creative base, without assigning every role on “Echo Chambers” to one person.
The supplied cover turns a record into a seascape, with a glowing sun, floating vinyl, a crowd and a distant city. Song and Salt’s public site also lists local performance spaces including Winston’s and House of Blues as part of the group’s live history.