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Safety Meeting

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  (L-R: Keith Rector, Sam Hagen, Chris Wildy) Safety Meeting is composed of three fun-loving and genuine guys who make music that sounds like what you’d expect from a band called Safety Meeting (reverb-soaked indie-rock with some touches of psych and jazz). The band sat down to discuss the role they play in the Saratoga rock scene, the strain COVID has put on their lives and much more.  RRX: A majority of the bands I’ve interviewed have been based out of Albany. As Saratoga residents, I was curious of what the scene around here is like to you guys.  KR: Well, now it sucks (laughs). But it was dope because we had Super Dark Collective. CW: Yeah, Super Dark Collective really keeps the music flowing up here. We used to keep the music flowing up here. KR: We have a thing called Groovy Tuesdays, it’s called Mom I’m Going to Groovy’snow. We had local bands through that and we’d book shows every week.  CW: But that’s still dead right now. RRX: What exactly is Super Dark Collective? W: It’s a