Fans of vanguard melodic
indie rock should be in power-pop heaven upon learning that newly formed
supergroup the Salt Collective and underground legends the Sneakers will be paying
a visit to Daryl’s House on January 21.
Formed around French rockers
Stephane Shuck and Fred Quentin, the touring lineup of the Salt Collective also
includes Matthew Caws (Nada Surf),
Mitch Easter (Let’s Active; R.E.M. producer), Chris Stamey and Gene Holder (the dB’s), Lynn
Blakey (Tres Chicas), and Rob Ladd (the Connells). The new band
sprang from Shuck and Quentin’s Parisian project, Salt, and in 2022 recorded the
collaborative’s debut, Life, which features Caws, Juliana
Hatfield, Matthew Sweet, Peter Holsapple (the dB’s), Richard Lloyd
(Television), Easter, Anton Barbeau, Holder, Will Rigby (the dB’s), Susan
Cowsill (the Cowsills), Pat Sansone (Wilco), and newcomer Faith Jones.
The record was produced by Stamey.
Opening the night will be a reunited
edition of Easter, Stamey, and Rigby’s band, the Sneakers. Formed in their
native North Carolina, the Sneakers are pop-leaning pioneers of that state’s
punk rock scene, releasing a seminal seven-inch EP in 1976 and a 1978 album
before splintering into the dB’s and Let’s Active.
The Salt Collective and the Sneakers will
perform at Daryl’s House in Pawling on January 21 at 7pm. Tickets are $20-$35.
This article appears in January 2024.
