"Slowcore": Search & Destroy

Oh man yes, Loss Leader - that was always the one song for me too.

I saw Codeine last year in LA. They were really good though it became a little monotonous toward the end. (I feel the same way about their records - even if I really like them!)

"Cave In". Jesus Christ.

Just getting around to this Duster comp on Numero. Fuck, it's great. Stratosphere just damn near took the top of my head off.

it's solid gold, that LP. it's great that they finally got the attention they deserved.

half-cut by bluetile lounge is still my #1 'slowcore' album.

Did I imagine there was a Duster thread? I can't find one. So, I'm just getting around to the Valium Aggelein albums and having one of those shit, why did no one TELL me about this? moments.

Whelp, as someone who was a Duster fan way before they developed the cult audience, I really dropped the ball on this as well! I was either totally unaware of that or completely forgot about it?

It's so good!

...surprised there's no Duster thread?

Anyway, (surprise?) new Duster record sounds like a Duster record one listen in: https://dusternumero.bandcamp.com/album/together

just seen that duster are playing NYC in april... i checked tickets: $120+ for two? that seems incredibly high. what's going on there?

i don't know but they are huge now. it's fucking weird to me; duster played easily one of the worst shows I've ever seen, like they hadn't even bothered to practice. this was many many years ago admittedly and I'm sure it was an outlier.

yeah, i've seen a lot of clips with them where the guitars just sound bang out of tune. now that jason's left the band and they're probably playing new material (last album pretty tedious) idk if i can justify it. at any rate, tickets for NYC are resale, that's why they were so expensive.

my kid (16) is into duster which is just weird; he went and bought the new album on cassette (we don't even have a player). I was like, "wait, duster, that duster?"

That does seem fairly high for Duster tickets, but guess that Numero bump worked out for them.

I like the new album well enough, but the first comeback record was better (though neither quite a patch on that original run).

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/02/glacial-pleasures-of-slowcore-codeine-duster?fbclid=IwAR0vKowbQEEax5tgP5ph4HtxyaXUigjEMLT-FQ15Nqnjbpc7-ifvkGxhuC0

Thanks for that, always good to read more about Bedhead.

i used to dislike codeine, but gave em another chance recently, and they have grown on me hugely. i think i referred to them as brittle and unolveable (about 20 years ago) upthread, but now i am excited about seeing them live this month.

i enjoyed this article, but it could have touched more upon this massive resurgence Duster have had, which fascinates me. i noticed recently that their spotify numbers were impressively large.

i googled and found this, which tries to explain the phenomenon: https://www.themarysue.com/what-are-the-most-popular-bands-on-tiktok-and-instagram/

no bad thing, of course. it's just unusual to strike such a big chord with a young fanabse, at such a late stage in your career.

yeah it's crazy. my son is into duster. I'm sure I said this elsewhere. I had to tell him they played the worst set I've ever seen a band play, it was like they had not practiced once, worse even than half the shows I've played myself and that is saying something. but good on them for capitalizing on this.

Best Duster item was the private DM that went public a year or 2 ago from the stepson of one of the members being wtf at his peers being so enamored with "my stepdad's shitty 90s band"*

*my paraphrase

Codeine is the best, both the Brokaw and Scharin lineups are massive for their own reasons.

https://✧✧✧.tik✧✧✧.c✧✧✧@o✧✧.o✧✧/video/7216392583751273770

the kids are gonna be alright

hmm maybe if i link directly

well whatever

i used to dislike codeine, but gave em another chance recently, and they have grown on me hugely. i think i referred to them as brittle and unolveable (about 20 years ago) upthread, but now i am excited about seeing them live this month.

i enjoyed this article, but it could have touched more upon this massive resurgence Duster have had, which fascinates me. i noticed recently that their spotify numbers were impressively large.

i googled and found this, which tries to explain the phenomenon: https://www.themarysue.com/what-are-the-most-popular-bands-on-tiktok-and-instagram/

no bad thing, of course. it's just unusual to strike such a big chord with a young fanabse, at such a late stage in your career.

― weaselly diesel, Wednesday, August 2, 2023 10:17 AM (four months ago) bookmarkflaglink

Funny because I went through some waves with Codeine as well where the spell broke a bit. Like I remember listening to their plodding slowcore framework carrying the lyrics "I feel so sad, so bad today" and wondering if everyone was just fooling themselves as it all seemed a bit too on the nose in those moments. Like a straight parody of the style at worst. But I keep coming back around!