DUSTER - Remote Echoes LP (Lost Time Splatter Vinyl)

Label: Numero Group

The return of Duster's catalog to print, plus their revival as a recording band, has been one of the most heartening things to happen in indie rock in maybe forever. Their hazily nonchalant mix of shoegaze, lo-fi, and driftcore struck a deep, resonant chord in listeners both old and new, making each release something to be celebrated and cherished. Remote Echoes is another installment of vintage Duster sounds culled from early, mid-'90s demos.

Culled from half a decade of home four-tracking, Remote Echoes is a hissy, crumbly, and ungrounded expression of Clay Parton and Canaan Amber’s ongoing Duster project. A mix of cassette only demos released under the banners Christmas Dust and On The Dodge, this 14 track album also includes a bevy of previously unissued stragglers.

Duster’s unique blend of fuzzy guitars, bargain synths, muffled percussion, and hushed vocals anticipated chillwave, mumblecore, and corecore, elegantly illustrating the holy trinity of slacker vices: cigarettes, coffee, and the weed supreme.