Dying Star is a Folk album by Ruston Kelly, originally released in 2018. On Gatefold: 3 pressings tracked.
Sound DNA
- Folk
- Singer-Songwriter
- sparse
- wistful
- confessional
About
If the recipe for the singer-songwriter tradition has started to feel staid—one part confession, two parts guitar—Nashville-based Ruston Kelly instead mixes a much more complex cocktail on <i>Dying Star</i>, detailing not just his scars, but the ugly ways he got them: “Blackout” confesses his penchant for over-imbibing, while the vocoder-heavy “Son of a Highway Daughter” details his ladykiller ways. Those subjects have been well covered by other country singers, but Kelly’s weathered voice and interest in electro-pop, punk, and even emo showcase a man wrestling with toxic masculinity so he can uncover what’s underneath that palimpsest.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Cover My Tracks3:28
- A2Mockingbird4:37
- A3Son of a Highway Daughter3:36
- A4Paratrooper's Battlecry4:01
- A5Faceplant3:42
Side B
- B1Blackout4:24
- B2Big Brown Bus4:55
- B3Mercury3:19
- B4Anchors4:11
- B5Just For the Record3:42
Side C
- C1Trying to Let Her3:27
- C2Jericho2:54
- C3Dying Star5:26
- C4Brightly Burst Into the Air1:33
Credits
Performers
- Eli BeairdBASS
- Tim KellyPEDAL STEEL GUITAR
- Ian FitchukPIANO ORGAN DRUMS
- Ruston KellyLEAD VOCALS ACOUSTIC GUITAR XYLOPHONE
- Jarrad KritzsteinTWELVE-STRING GUITAR BACKING VOCALS ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Abby SevignyBACKING VOCALS
- Kyle RyanBANJO
- Joy WilliamsBACKING VOCALS
- Kate YorkBACKING VOCALS
- Jon GreenBACKING VOCALS
- Kacey MusgravesBACKING VOCALS
- Natalie HembyBACKING VOCALS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 3 pressings tracked on Gatefold