Heat Dust, “Heat Dust” EP

cover-heat-dustNew Orleans’ Heat Dust have created a real slow-burner with their self-titled 10-inch. It’s a goddamn shame the record showed up so late, or I’d have made a huge fuss about how much EPs need to be considered legitimate releases for “best of” lists. Burial’s Kindred is making all sorts of noise, so why not a sludgy indie group from the Big Easy?

I’m especially behind this release, because final track “Thick Distance” is as perfect a song as I’ve heard all year. I’m a dead sucker for any song that builds for more than half the track, only to give you a big jam or freak-out at the end. There’s a certain down-tuned, stoner metal vibe to the way “Thick Distance” drones on, with thickly swirling guitars mixing and entwining with distorted vocals for the song’s first half. It then kicks into a full-on riffage jam, that makes wish I still had hair to throw around.
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