Dust Collector: S/T cassette

Description

Noise punk/crasher crust from Los Angeles

Our take: Dust Collector is a new band from Los Angeles, and if youre well-versed in hardcore, the artwork already tipped you off they play full-bore noise-punk in the Disorder / Gai-influenced style of bands like Lebenden Toten and EEL. This was a trendy style a few years ago and there were a lot of bands attempting it in a pretty half-assed fashion. On the surface, the style is easy to replicate play a fast pogo beat, run the guitar through multiple distortion pedals, and (the only semi-demanding part) make sure you have a halfway decent bass line to center the song around. Despite the strict template, theres a lot of room for innovation in this style, as bands like Lebenden Toten and D-Clone have proven time and again. While Dust Collector doesnt sound as self-consciously progressive as either of those bands, theyre not half-assing it, as their songs are complex and interesting. A couple of them even run for over two minutes, which is all but unheard of in this subgenre. Besides more complex songs with a lot of dynamics, Dust Collector also has a strong recording. Of course, the tones are fucked to hell, but everything sounds clear and powerful, and the mix leaves space for each instrument to do its thing. This is a cut above your average noise-punk tape, and I hope its not the last we hear from this promising band.