Sky Is Falling

Australian-based punk act Dust are releasing their debut album Sky is Falling onDecember 5, 2025 via Kanine Records. Blending jagged instrumentation andmelancholic soundscapes into a visceral, genre-defiant identity, drummer Kye Cherry, bassist Liam Smith, saxophonist Adam Ridgway and dual vocalists/guitarists JustinTeale and Gabriel Stove developed a sound that is both cathartic and confrontational.Their debut EP, et cetera, etc, released in early 2023, captured a raw and spontaneousfragment of the band's early evolution. The momentum garnered off the back of therelease led to sold out shows across the country, festival slots at Laneway, Pitchforkand London Calling. Their performances at BIGSOUND, Brighton's The Great Escapeand SXSW Austin, TX all received stellar reviews on the international stage.Towards the end of 2023, the band performed an Australian tour in support of Interpoland Bloc Party, shared stages with shoegaze pioneers Slowdive at Sydney's EnmoreTheatre and joined Protomartyr in Antwerp. Their powerful live presence earned themanother invitation to perform alongside Interpol in support of the 20th Anniversary ofAntics, taking the stage at some of the most renowned venues across the UK & Europe.In 2024, Dust began reforming their sound, embracing free-jazz inflections and reverb-heavy guitar work through singles, nodding toward shoegaze and experimentalism.Dust's evolution continues on debut Sky Is Falling. Their sound, grounded in genredefiance and reinvention - shoegaze and electronic experimentalism side-by-side withelusive saxophone arrangements and abrasive guitar lines - is firmly rooted inmelancholia and self-inquiry. Anarchic propulsion that denotes Geese to Double Virgolevel extremities, with blissful nods to the classics, Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine.