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The Dusted Sessions

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The Dusted Sessions

California five-piece led by Gregg Kowalsky and Marielle Jakobsons blend psychedelic drone and experimental ambient metal with Americana on their 3rd album, inspired by the desert of southwestern U.S.

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7.3

Label
Thrill Jockey
UK Release date
03/06/2013
US Release date
11/06/2013
  1. 8.5 |   The 405

    There's always something quite special about artists who draw from Americana, the desert, blues and drone to make their music. The Dusted Sessions is a fine example of when this works near-perfectly
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  2. 8.0 |   All Music

    The balance of patient playing and skillfully arranged cosmic exploration reaches transcendent heights on this album's seven lengthy pieces
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  3. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Deeply moving and meditative drones. Print edition only

  4. 7.9 |   Pitchfork

    On The Dusted Sessions they both deconstruct and reinforce the tenets of Americana and make something transcendent in the process
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  5. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    One incredible, immersive trip to a land of sun, sand and cosmic insight that drones with a disarmingly gentle intensity
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  6. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    A world honed by a thick influence of Indian classical music and sparse minimalist compositions
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  7. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    This is music that creates its own geography, so while the title implies performance, this is stuff that feels more felt than played, more poured out than amplified and recorded
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