If It's Too Loud...

Photo by David Harrison The Sha La Das are a family doo wop band consisting of seventy-nine year old Bill Schalda and his sons: Paul, Will, and Carmine. Their latest single, "Stop Using My Love," isn't a modernized version of the genre. Instead, it sounds like a long lost release from sixty years ago. The Sha La Das have nailed the sound of classic doo wop, right down to the production. If you grew up listening to your local oldies station with your parents and developed a love for classic hits of the 60's, "Stop Using My Love" is going to feel wonderfully familiar. This one is something truly special. Bill Schalda says of his band's latest single: “An example of our collaborative songwriting… they just throw you a hook or a couple of chords and a rainstorms of melodies and words starts coming down. Paul came up with the hook, then came Tommy’s chords and the rest of it exploded it out. I can’t say how I created it. It's just there and flows out.”   ...