Dust Moth

On Rising // Sailing, Seattle’s Dust Moth presents a striking and authoritative portrait of a band bursting with creativity and invention, possessing the uncommon ability to swirl together broad impressionistic strokes, piercingly precise lines, and sagely minimalist restraint onto a single, lushly vibrant canvas. There is no easing into this for listeners – album opener “Annular Eclipse” offers nothing short of immediate immersion, launching forth from the speakers seemingly in mid-step, giving one the sense of joining a world already in development. In initiating listeners with an instant sensation of breathlessness, Rising // Sailing asserts itself as a dynamic, determined force, a living thing that demands continuous chasing as opposed to progressing in parallel with its audience. There is a raw and unshakable exhilaration in listening to this record, a sense that a truly inspired moment is perpetually around every corner, and that rare feeling of discovery when you cross paths with something that is both excitingly unique and deeply intoxicating.