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The Saltiest Sisters of the Lowlands

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In one corner:

 

Sarah Salt. Singer with a golden voice, a passion for licorice laces, and an unshakable love for everything Dutch.

In the other corner: Yara Salt. The younger sister with international dreams, Spotify playlists full of British pop, and an inexplicable obsession with words like “moist” and “tragic.”
Together, they form the most surprising sister duo since the Alpine Sisters broke up over who got to keep the pink glitter microphone.

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The Roots of the Salts

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Sarah and Yara grew up in a cozy house in Zandvoort, with parents so different you'd wonder how they ever ended up in the same parking lot.

Their father, Ton Salt, was a Dutch teacher, a fan of Annie M.G. Schmidt, and could tear up over a perfectly placed subordinate clause.
Their mother, Liz, was American, sang jazz in the shower, and called her kids “sweetie” while putting ketchup on mashed potatoes.

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Sarah, the eldest, was read “Tow-Truck Pluck” every night and got a dictionary for her sixth birthday.
Yara, meanwhile, learned the alphabet via Sesame Street and believed until age thirteen that “kroket” was some kind of exotic English delicacy.

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Why Dutch vs. English?

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Sarah sings in Dutch because she believes in the power of the mother tongue, the poetic potential of rhyming with “kots” (puke), and the emotional depth of the word “lekker.”
Yara sings in English because, in her words:
“Dutch sounds like someone gargling marbles when they’re heartbroken. English is just... sexier.”
(She means well. Really.)

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The Breakthrough Hit: ‘Slimy Piece of Shit’

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It was the song no one saw coming. A duet about their shared ex — and possibly about those annoying slugs that eat all their gardenplants.

‘Slimy Piece of Shit’, featuring gems like:

“You eat my salad, drink my beer / and your friends enjoy this game / I really feel that I don’t like you / and my real friends feel the same.”

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The song didn’t quite hit the charts — but every spring, when slugs and fresh breakups appear in equal measure, they still hope for a viral moment.

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Where Are They Now?

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Sarah is working on her new solo album: “Poetry and Other Tragedies.”
Yara is working on an English EP titled “Love Bites (And So Did You).”
And together? They still perform as Salt Sisters, as long as they’re not arguing over what language to sing the opening song in. Sometimes Sarah wins, sometimes Yara, and sometimes they sing both at once — which sounds like Google Translate on karaoke night.

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Salty, but never bland. That’s the Salt Sisters.

And whether you cry over “Slijmbal 1e Klas” or laugh at “Slimy Piece of Shit,” one thing is certain:
These sisters are a full-blown language party.