Dust is the fifth album from The Dead Tongues, the folk project of the North Carolina-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Gustafson. Written in a near-fever dream of inspiration in a rural expanse of western North Carolina, Dust combines folk and jam-band spaciousness with overgrown nature imagery and ego death. It's an identity crisis caught on tape, an exploration of how turning away from your art can be the thing that ultimately leads you back. As Gustafson puts it best in the lyrics of Dust: Some stories have no endings, some things never die.
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Recommended equipment and accessories
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Nobsound Little Bear T7 Tube Preamp
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Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO
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Audioengine A2 Plus
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Pro-Ject Phono Box DC Pre-Amp
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Ortofon 2M Blue Premounted
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Featured Upcoming Vinyl
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Sofia Kourtesis Volver
Ninja Tune
August 1, 2025 -
Ruston Kelly Pale, Through the Window (Deco Green; Signed Insert)
Rounder
September 12, 2025 -
David Byrne Who Is The Sky?
Matador
September 5, 2025 -
Baxter Dury Allbarone
Heavenly
September 12, 2025 -
JADE THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY!
Rca Records
September 12, 2025 -
Various Artists Look at All the Love We Found: A Tribute to Sublime [3xLP]
Sublime Recordings
August 29, 2025 -
Somerset Thrower Take Only What You Need to Survive (Half Clear/ Half Neon Pink with Neon Pink Splatter)
Smartpunk Records
August 8, 2025 -
Nuovo Testamento Trouble
Flatspot Records
July 25, 2025 -
Mike Polizze Around Sound
Paradise Bachelors
July 25, 2025 -
Jade Bird Who Wants to Talk About Love
Glassnote Music
July 18, 2025 -
Guedra Guedra MUTANT
Smugglers Way
August 29, 2025 -
Bret McKenzie Freak Out City (Glacial Blue)
Sub Pop
August 15, 2025 -
Lola Young I'm Only F**king Myself (The 'Basic B*tch' Edition Nude Pink)
Island
September 19, 2025 -
BABYMETAL METAL FORTH
Capitol
August 8, 2025