Between them, Haiku Salut play accordion, piano, glockenspiel, trumpet, trombone, guitar, ukulele, drums, malletkat, synth and melodica.

The group was formed in 2010, and their debut four track EP, How We Got Along After the Yarn Bomb, was released in 2011 on Team Strike Force records.

The album was favourably reviewed, and was awarded four stars by The Guardian,[1] Uncut, Mojo, Artrocker,[2] Drowned in Sound,[3] Music OMH,[4] and The Digital Fix.

In September 2015, the band staged a UK tour of unusual spaces for the lamp show, playing a ballroom, a church, a theatre, a library, and a community centre.

In August 2018, Haiku Salut performed live with The Robot Orchestra, as part of The Hexagon Experiment during the Great Exhibition Of The North.