Emmett Kelly (The Cairo Gang), Stephen Malkmus (Pavement, the Jicks, the Silver Jews, Straw Dogs), Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Superwolf, Superwolves), and Jim White (Dirty Three, Xylouris), four giants of 1990s American indie rock, are joining forces in a brand-new supergroup: The Hard Quartet. A perfect union resulting in fifteen energetic tracks demonstrating that the health and persistence of rock definitively no longer need proving.