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Duster (band)
Duster is an American indie rock band, formed in San Jose, California in 1996. For most of its history, the group consisted of multi-instrumentalists Clay Parton and Canaan Dove Amber alongside drummer Jason Albertini before Albertini left the band in 2022.
The band released two albums, Stratosphere (1998) and Contemporary Movement (2000) before going inactive. In 2018, Duster began recording new music and returned to performing live soon after.
Duster were closely associated with the burgeoning slowcore and space rock revival movements during the 1990s. The band received an unprecedented level of popularity in the 2020s, attributed to the usage of their songs on TikTok.
The band was initially formed by Clay Parton (born Ewing Clay Parton, July 29, 1975) and Canaan Dove Amber (born March 7, 1976) in 1996.
Parton and Amber, who had previously worked together in the bands Mohinder and Calm, self-released two cassettes that year, On the Dodge and Christmas Dust, a 7", Transmission, Flux, on Up Records in 1997, as well as another 7", Apex, Trance-Like on Skylab Operations/Smoothlips in 1998. In 1998, Jason Albertini joined as the band's drummer, playing on three songs for the band's debut album Stratosphere. Beginning with 1999's 1975 EP, Albertini became much more involved in the group's process, playing many more instruments and sharing recording/producing credits with Parton and Amber. By 2000's Contemporary Movement, he was fully involved in the creative process as a permanent member of the group. In 2000, Up Records founder Chris Takino died of leukemia. While recording a new album, the band split up in 2005, and began to pursue solo projects. Parton started a record label, The Static Cult, which released his new project Eiafuawn as well as Albertini's band Helvetia. Amber and Albertini relocated to Seattle.
On April 13, 2018, Duster posted via their Instagram page that they were, "recording a little bit". The band played their first show in 18 years on December 14, 2018, opening for Alex G at Warsaw in Brooklyn, New York. They also played two headlining shows at Baby's All Right in Brooklyn on the next two days, where they debuted new material. The band's discography was reissued in March 2019 through the Capsule Losing Contact boxset on The Numero Group. On July 4, 2019, the band released their first standalone single in almost 20 years, "Interstellar Tunnel", and subsequently announced their third self-titled studio album, which was released on December 13 that year.
Of their hiatus and subsequent reunion, Parton said, "When we took a break almost two decades ago, we didn't think it was going to all completely stop. We thought we could keep it drifting at least, maybe at a slower pace and with a different process. But everything just went dark. We were always in touch and sometimes we'd talk about doing Duster things, but days just piled up... In recent years we've talked more seriously about at least doing another record. Now everything is sort of working out, and we are making new things together, but we're taking it slow and still doing most things wrong, so it does feel like right where we left off."
On March 31, 2022, the band surprise-released their fourth studio album Together through several music videos on YouTube, with the album becoming available for sale the following day. Following the release, Parton announced that Albertini had left Duster to focus on his indie rock project Helvetia, although Albertini stated in the liner notes of the Bandcamp release of his 2023 album, You shot up past the moon scapegoat, that it was more complicated and his departure was due to mental health.
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Duster (band)
Duster is an American indie rock band, formed in San Jose, California in 1996. For most of its history, the group consisted of multi-instrumentalists Clay Parton and Canaan Dove Amber alongside drummer Jason Albertini before Albertini left the band in 2022.
The band released two albums, Stratosphere (1998) and Contemporary Movement (2000) before going inactive. In 2018, Duster began recording new music and returned to performing live soon after.
Duster were closely associated with the burgeoning slowcore and space rock revival movements during the 1990s. The band received an unprecedented level of popularity in the 2020s, attributed to the usage of their songs on TikTok.
The band was initially formed by Clay Parton (born Ewing Clay Parton, July 29, 1975) and Canaan Dove Amber (born March 7, 1976) in 1996.
Parton and Amber, who had previously worked together in the bands Mohinder and Calm, self-released two cassettes that year, On the Dodge and Christmas Dust, a 7", Transmission, Flux, on Up Records in 1997, as well as another 7", Apex, Trance-Like on Skylab Operations/Smoothlips in 1998. In 1998, Jason Albertini joined as the band's drummer, playing on three songs for the band's debut album Stratosphere. Beginning with 1999's 1975 EP, Albertini became much more involved in the group's process, playing many more instruments and sharing recording/producing credits with Parton and Amber. By 2000's Contemporary Movement, he was fully involved in the creative process as a permanent member of the group. In 2000, Up Records founder Chris Takino died of leukemia. While recording a new album, the band split up in 2005, and began to pursue solo projects. Parton started a record label, The Static Cult, which released his new project Eiafuawn as well as Albertini's band Helvetia. Amber and Albertini relocated to Seattle.
On April 13, 2018, Duster posted via their Instagram page that they were, "recording a little bit". The band played their first show in 18 years on December 14, 2018, opening for Alex G at Warsaw in Brooklyn, New York. They also played two headlining shows at Baby's All Right in Brooklyn on the next two days, where they debuted new material. The band's discography was reissued in March 2019 through the Capsule Losing Contact boxset on The Numero Group. On July 4, 2019, the band released their first standalone single in almost 20 years, "Interstellar Tunnel", and subsequently announced their third self-titled studio album, which was released on December 13 that year.
Of their hiatus and subsequent reunion, Parton said, "When we took a break almost two decades ago, we didn't think it was going to all completely stop. We thought we could keep it drifting at least, maybe at a slower pace and with a different process. But everything just went dark. We were always in touch and sometimes we'd talk about doing Duster things, but days just piled up... In recent years we've talked more seriously about at least doing another record. Now everything is sort of working out, and we are making new things together, but we're taking it slow and still doing most things wrong, so it does feel like right where we left off."
On March 31, 2022, the band surprise-released their fourth studio album Together through several music videos on YouTube, with the album becoming available for sale the following day. Following the release, Parton announced that Albertini had left Duster to focus on his indie rock project Helvetia, although Albertini stated in the liner notes of the Bandcamp release of his 2023 album, You shot up past the moon scapegoat, that it was more complicated and his departure was due to mental health.