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26 April 2024

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Total Dust

Dusted

Total Dust

Collaboration between Holy Fuck's Brian Borcherdt and producer Leon Tahney (Final Fantasy, Rituals)

ADM rating[?]: 6.7
Label: Polyvinyl
UK Release date: 09/07/2012
US Release date: 10/07/2012

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8.0 44634
8.0 | The Line Of Best Fit

It has a lo-fi, ambient pastoral grunge tone to it, driven by fuzzy guitar and equally fuzzed-up vocals, with lyrics that are almost alt.country in their sense of longing and isolation, and tunes that creep up and grab you through the complex soundscape to stick in your mind
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7.5 44065
7.5 | Bowlegs

The raw, burnt-at-the-edges production, apparently put down in a garage and rural cabin, creates an intimate window to Borcherdt’s soulful scribblings
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7.3 44061
7.3 | Pitchfork

Total Dust is a record of subtle gestures
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7.0 44063
7.0 | Consequence Of Sound

Dusted may not be their day jobs, but both men have shown a clear ease and commitment to the act from note one. Fans of Holy Fuck might opt out, but Borcherdt’s definitely got himself one hell of a career away from his musical brothers
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7.0 44064
7.0 | All Music

While a few of Total Dust's later tracks tend to blend together a bit, the album is never less than pretty and sincere, and it's always nice to hear artists like Borcherdt prove they can do several styles of music equally well
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6.0 44062
6.0 | Spin

Holy Fuck and Final Fantasy guys strip bare and make heartbroken bedroom rock on shitty gear: Calling Lou Barlow…
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