A soul-powered rock band on the heavier end of the shoegaze spectrum, the Veldt are dream pop at their core yet just as known for driving riffs and stirring vocals. Led by Daniel and Danny Chavis, identical twin brothers who proudly cited the likes of Echo & the Bunnymen and Public Enemy as inspirations in early interviews, the Veldt were misunderstood from their late-'80s beginning. They arrived as outliers between waves of underground bands from their native North Carolina, sharing little in common with the likes of the dB's, Let's Active, Superchunk, and Archers of Loaf. Es...