Baltimore’s Angel Du$t have done the awkward, interesting work of turning hardcore’s blunt force into something porous and strange.
Vocalist Tripp blazed the trail for the current generation of hardcore musicians to experiment and take their self-expression into fearless, catchy and vulnerable places, from his decade long career with band Trapped Under Ice. In a bid to explore new ground, Tripp founded Angel Du$t - they’re loud, messy and stubbornly generous - a band that treats rock n roll as a mood rather than a museum piece.
New single ‘DU$T’ opens on acoustic guitar and a crooning close-up from Tripp, then refuses the polite trajectory you expect: instead its blast beats, blown-out guitars and a hardcore breakdown. The video matches the music’s uneasy tilt - like if ‘Desperate Housewives’ was directed by Stanley Kubrick - catching the point where tenderness snaps into racket.
With new album ‘Cold 2 The Touch’ due February and a North American run to follow, Angel Du$t are sounding less like they’re chasing trends and more like they’re carving a very particular, uncompromising lane.
🎧 Watch the video for ‘DU$T’ below