Duster

Duster - Duster
Critic Score
Based on 7 reviews
2019 Ratings: #143 / 805
User Score
Based on 684 ratings
2019 Rank: #147
Liked by 65 people
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
AllMusic
These tracks show that Duster didn't get back together just to take a nostalgia trip; they wanted to make new, quietly exciting music that pushes the outer limits of the group's sound in order to reach new destinations.
80
No Ripcord

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.

80
American Songwriter

Duster is the band’s most sonically ambitious record to date and they have learned more than a few tricks in their time apart.

80
Exclaim!

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.

80
The Independent

Their self-titled third album follows a two-decade hiatus, and suggests a maturation into more structured songwriting.

74
Pitchfork

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.

ThrowBackG
70

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

chutbarn
NR

Great music to disassociate on my bed to at 2am, while my country further rips itself in two, irreparably so.

nino21321312312
80

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.

ithixf
95

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

chloride
65

I just miss the crunchiness their music had 20 years prior

Boydove
81

Good comeback!

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Track List

1Copernicus Crater
4:49
88
2I'm Lost
2:47
88
3Chocolate and Mint
4:52
93
4Summer War
4:38
90
5Lomo
2:44
88
6Damaged
2:17
89
7Letting Go
3:55
90
8Go Back
3:47
74
9Hoya Paranoia
5:18
89
10Ghoulish
4:27
89
11Ghost World
3:17
90
12The Thirteen
2:57
90
Total Length: 45 minutes

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Added on: October 13, 2019