Ambiguously unique, fundamentally structured, lyrically driven, acoustic rock/pop, soulfully delivered, with a bluesy finish, presented in simplistic expressions played harmoniously over the complex rhythms.

Dustwave, an artist seeking to touch emotion through music invites you on his musical journey. Enjoys hearing new artists even outside his own genre. Connect to him via social media! He loves making new friends.

Now, should I be brutally honest, or should I sugarcoat? I'm always torn between seeing the glass a certain way. Instead of worrying about what's in the glass, perhaps I should be concerned with the glass itself. What kind of glass is it? How much does it hold? Is the glass chipped? Maybe you should all just tell me what you want to hear, and I'll offer that right back to you. I'm sensitive, I'm open-minded, I like dogs. I smoke, except when I don't smoke, because smoking's a dirty habit, even though I enjoy smoking, when I'm doing it, which isn't often, because I hate smoking. Hell, I don't even know the color of my eyes. And you don't care about what I read or listen to. You don't care about how I spend my free time. Well, maybe you do, but you don't want the god's honest truth about all that. The sordid stories, the sickness, the compulsion, this need to consume and assimilate that sometimes overwhelms the pure enjoyment of these things. This need to understand MYSELF through these bits of music and literature. I don't want to be honest. I just want to be frank enough to realize that unfettered honesty is the one thing that can make me seem like a complete mess. I should just post a picture and leave everything else blank. And I should just leave it at that. Make up your own story. I'm a college dropout returning to school in pursuit of a career I don't really want. I'm a 40-hour drone, drunk from punching the clock one too many times. I'm a student of chess, relentlessly pursuing excellence with a frightening fervor. I'm an accountant, father, carpenter, philosopher. Right there, in that state, forced into a small little box, I am the greatest story ever told, because I have no story to tell. Put words in my mouth, and leave it at that.

Sound & Color – the follow-up to Alabama Shakes’ Gold-certified debut album, Boys & Girls, which earned the group three GRAMMY® nominations, including a nod for Best New Artist – will be released in North America on April 21 by ATO Records. Rough Trade will release the album in the UK/Europe on April 20. 

Sound & Color demonstrates the tremendous strides made by Alabama Shakes since the release of 2012’s Boys & Girls. From the gently swaying, chiming title song to the garage-rock freak-out on “The Greatest” to the psychedelic space jam “Gemini,” Alabama Shakes build on the soulful blues-rock base and map a surprising, innovative new direction. 

“We took our time to write this record, and I’m really glad we did,” says lead singer/guitarist Brittany Howard. “We were able to sit down and think about what’s exciting to us. This record is full of genre-bending songs.”

Sound & Color was recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium studio. The band co-produced the album with Blake Mills—a young guitar wizard who has helmed sessions by Sara Watkins and Sky Ferreira, and played alongside everyone from Norah Jones and the Dixie Chicks to Lana Del Ray and Kid Rock. 

The success of Boys & Girls paved the way for Alabama Shakes – comprising lead singer/guitarist Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, bassist Zac Cockrell, drummer Steve Johnson, and touring keyboard players Ben Tanner and Paul Horton – to become one of the most celebrated live acts in the world, as they delivered unforgettable performances everywhere from “Saturday Night Live” to the main stages of festivals like Bonnaroo and Glastonbury. Boys & Girls charted in the Top 10 in both the U.S. and the U.K. and "Hold On," the Gold-certified lead single, was voted the #1 Best Song of 2012 by Rolling Stone.


Multi-Instrumentalist songwriter based in Boulder, Colorado making music that blends folk, pop-punk, indie, and alternative.

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