Australian alt-punks dust make a glorious racket so the announcement of their debut EP is good news indeed. Titled, et cetera, etc it’s set for release on 29 March via Kanine Records. To accompany this news is the release of their latest single ‘Ward 52’. dust combine experimental jazz and electronica to create a sound which is fresh, raw and authentic. ‘Ward 52′ takes its theme from being confronted with your own mortality, and that shrieking saxophone is the perfect exponent of such an issue. The percussion gets more erratic as the track progresses.
Formed against the backdrop of the pandemic in 2020, the project of Awabakal land / Newcastle-based dual guitarist-vocalists Gabriel Stove and Justin Teale, bassist Liam Smith, guitarist and saxophonist Adam Ridgway, and drummer Kye Cherry, dust offer an invigorating new take on Australian post-punk.
Alongwith the news of the debut EP, dust has announced a string of dates in Australia, then across the UK and Europe with Hockey Dad. I’ll see you down the front.
dust Tour Dates
Australia
11 Mar – The Servo Truck Food Bar – Dharawal Land / Port Kembla
18 Mar – The House of Music & Booze – Gadigal Land / Sydney
24 Mar – The Hamilton Station Hotel – Awabakal Land / Newcastle
UK/Europe (w/ Hockey Dad)
1 Apr – Green Door Store – Brighton (UK)
3 Apr – Muziekodroom Club – Hasselt (BE)
4 Apr – Rotown – Rotterdam (NED)
5 Apr – Muziekgieterij – Maastricht (NED)
6 Apr – Paradiso – Amsterdam (NED)
7 Apr – Molotow – Hamburg (GER)
8 Apr – Badehaus – Berlin (GER)
10 Apr – Rock Cafe – Prague (CZE)
13 Apr – Ampere – Munich (GER)
14 Apr – Yard Club – Cologne (GER)
17 Apr – Craufurd Arms – Milton Keynes (UK)
18 Apr – Sunflower Lounge – Birmingham (UK)
19 Apr – Yellow Arch – Sheffield (UK)
20 Apr – Cluny 2 – Newcastle (UK)
21 Apr – King Tuts – Glasgow (UK)
22 Apr – Band On The Wall – Manchester (UK)
24 Apr – Bodega – Nottingham (UK)
25 Apr – Voodoo Daddy’s – Norwich(UK)
26 Apr – Joiners – Southampton (UK)
27 Apr – The Fleece – Bristol (UK)
28 Apr – Lafayette – London (UK)
For more information on dust please check their facebook and twitter.
