The Headphone Generation: Have you Heard?- The Dust of Men

I discovered The Dust of Men whilst browsing www.noisetrade.com, a site featured in a previous post of mine (here). They are a five-piece alt rock band from Wisconsin over in the States. With a sound described as being "built on an aggressive foundation of alternative rock, framed with folk and roofed with revival music", the closest artists I can compare them to are the likes of Filligar, City and Colour and Matthew and the Atlas. The Dust of Men however, certainly have a sound of their own.

The Dust of Men's debut album was recorded at Bon Iver's April Base studio and is titled "What the Morning Shows". (see end of post for download links). Fortunately for me, the band made three of the tracks from the record available for free download on NoiseTrade, in a collection titled "Three Songs from What the Morning Shows". I'm confident that like myself, the download of these tracks will lead people to seek the full album.

If you were to visit the bands website (again, see below for links), you would find a compelling story of lead vocalist and songwriter Grant Schultz's personal journey "from darkness to light" after struggling with severe addictions and depression. Personally, I find that the sharing of some background information of an artist or band which, to some extent, explains why and how the music that you listening to has come together has a magnificent effect of deepening the power of emotion within a song or (in this case) entire album, making it all the more extraordinary to listen to. "What the Morning Shows" tells a story of revival, that without a need for bio reading, can be clearly felt throughout the record.

Here's a track from the album, Children Come Running: