Duster (Bedroom nineties)

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Anachronique: Duster (Bedroom nineties)
Duster is a mirage of a band about which not much is known. A trio made up of Clay Parton, Canaan Dove Amber and Jason Albertini (who was also in Built To Spill), a quartet even, so strongly do you feel that a ghost inhabits the nineties bedroom pop creations it delivers, Duster is a mystery about which little has ultimately been written. I did read, though, that it was described as slowcore: not at all! Slowcore is gentle, soothing music. Clearly they can only have listened to this EP far too quickly; Duster has nothing soothing about it, it chills you to the bone!
Its first EP, Christmas Dust, was composed in 1996. On it Duster unveils 5 lethargic tracks, though not without vigour. They never saw the light of day and are unnamed. For the purposes of this review, I will call them Untitled #1, 2, #3 and #4. For the purposes of this review, too, I will try not to use too many superlatives – it is, apparently, counterproductive.
The fact remains that Duster is peerless, unequalled in its genre, prodigious always, accidental sometimes, supereminent. And these are not superlatives, I am comparing nothing to anything, I accuse, I affirm! The Duster experience should be tried by the whole bedroom pop scene, and also by those who are in a garage looking for a bit of languor. Duster is a bedroom UFO, for every bedroom!
“Untitled #1“ is a relatively melodic introduction which already symbolises what should be said about this EP: the silence and the fury (a sort of opposite of The Sound and the Fury). “Untitled #2” is probably the best track on this EP, the kind of hit whose supreme discretion forces a truly contemplative gaze on us. Duster would calm William Burroughs after he had taken his 10 favourite drugs. Of course, the very nineties sound will warm the hearts of all those in the know, but there is something more, an undeniable attraction to the one who seems too singular.
Article on Peter Laughner
“Untitled #3” does not make us live any more gently. We are reminded of Peter Laughner’s wanderings in the face of addiction. Duster passes quickly. And on “Untitled #4“, it preaches opposites: the need for friendship and the need for solitude (coffee and cigarettes). “Untitled #5“, finally, could not break the rule. Clay Parton’s voice has never been so distant, and all the while, through the suffering, we look on him with envy.
I said on the occasion of the article on Cherry Pump that I was about to talk about an unidentified band that had one day produced a masterpiece. Duster had better land on earth. And the whole scene of Cotillon, Alex Calder, Owen Derrick and many more… must recognise the father; not kill him, but honour him, covers and the whole shebang, THERE! Because in the end, Christmas Dust is elusive. Duster would go on to release two studio albums that also deserve a few exclamations – one day, perhaps – but I believe Christmas Dust holds more of what any true bedroom pop creation should be. Christmas has never been so dusty.
Tracklist: Christmas Dust (EP, 1996)
1. Untitled #1
2. Untitled #2
3. Untitled #3
4. Untitled #4
5. Untitled #5
Links:
Article on Butterglory
Article on Peter Laughner
Original version (French)
Duster – Untitled #2 (1996)
Duster – Untitled #4 (1996)
2. Untitled #2
3. Untitled #3
4. Untitled #4
5. Untitled #5
Liens :
Article sur Butterglory
