Semi-comparable to early Stereolab featuring Tokyo Police Club’s Dave Monks on vocals, local four-piece Dust Adam Dust defies any real comparisons. Made up of a few Winnipeg mainstays, including members of Feed the Birds, The Dead Letters and National Monument, this group is its own animal. Anna Hovland’s dreamy, simplistic delivery wavers over most of the tunes, occasionally harmonizing with Jason Hovland’s cracking (and at times droning-in-a-good-way) delivery. The vocals deliver hypnotic rhymes, accented by wiggle-inducing jangles that more than compliment the synthy stylings of Dust Adam Dust’s debut. A trio of opening rockers make way for Run Little Mother, a spacey ballad that quickly turns itself on its head, spanning nearly eight minutes. As trippy as it is heavy and beautiful, closing tune Ignorance perfectly sums up the experience.

Published in Volume 66, Number 6 of The Uniter (October 5, 2011)