What's notable about Duster's abrupt tonal shifts is how the trio allows themselves to take chances. As it often happens with cult acts, there's a tendency to remember a specific aesthetic with rose-tinted glasses.
Duster is the band’s most sonically ambitious record to date and they have learned more than a few tricks in their time apart.
With the band's integrity, commitment to their craft and immunity to the passing of time, they're sure to make their patient fans happy with Duster.
Their self-titled third album follows a two-decade hiatus, and suggests a maturation into more structured songwriting.
The slowcore icons’ new album bears all the hallmarks of their classic records: plodding drums, skeletal basslines, and guitar work that sparkles in the darkness like dew on a cobweb.
I woke up this past Friday feeling an immense sadness, but it didn't pertain to me either. I figured whatever it was, it had to be in the news. I'm always hesitant to look though. Despite the news of America's impeachment process, mass shootings, detainment camps, financial inequality hitting an all time high and our climate crisis hitting an all time low, among many other things, many might still be able to "manage" in light of this. However, the definitive blow has to come from the ... read more
Great music to disassociate on my bed to at 2am, while my country further rips itself in two, irreparably so.
Duster is a big comeback for the band after 19 years of not releasing an album. This is a pretty depressing and Lo-fi record with a dark atmosphere, pleasant instrumentation, and good vocals even sometimes when I can't hear them.
i absolutely love this record, Chocolate and Mint was my most played song last year, made me cry a couple of times as a matter of fact. love Duster
1 | Copernicus Crater 4:49 | 88 |
2 | I'm Lost 2:47 | 88 |
3 | Chocolate and Mint 4:52 | 93 |
4 | Summer War 4:38 | 90 |
5 | Lomo 2:44 | 88 |
6 | Damaged 2:17 | 89 |
7 | Letting Go 3:55 | 90 |
8 | Go Back 3:47 | 74 |
9 | Hoya Paranoia 5:18 | 89 |
10 | Ghoulish 4:27 | 89 |
11 | Ghost World 3:17 | 90 |
12 | The Thirteen 2:57 | 90 |
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