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Album Review

In many ways, the Screaming Trees missed their opportunity. They released Sweet Oblivion just as grunge began to capture national attention and they didn't tour the album extensively, which meant nearly all of their fellow Seattle bands became superstars while they stood to the side. After four years, they returned with Dust, their third major-label album, and by that point, the band's sound was too idiosyncratic for alternative radio. Which is unfortunate, because Dust is the band's strongest album. Sure, the rough edges that fueled albums like Uncle Anesthesia are gone, but in its place is a rustic hard rock, equally informed by heavy metal and folk. The influence of Mark Lanegan's haunting solo albums is apparent in both the sound and emotional tone of the record, but this is hardly a solo project — the rest of the band has added a gritty weight to Lanegan's spare prose. The Screaming Trees sound tighter than they ever have and their melodies and hooks are stronger, more memorable, making Dust their most consistently impressive record.

Customer Reviews

great album

what can i say .... it's the screaming trees at their best .... buy the album ! .... if your a fan of soul asylum, smashing pumpkins, or pearl jam, than you'll love them

To compare is not the point

Good observation, JB... Screaming Trees are indeed not Alice and Chains, PJ or Nirvana. Not at all. They preceeded those bands and drove a different direction, even as they were lumped in with the Seattle grunge scene. They came from Ellensburg, WA, and created a sound to themselves. Dust is pure brilliance, and stands alone. As it should.

Dust

After being introduced to Mark Lanegans work with the Gutter Twins I went back and purchased the Screaming Trees catalogue. Great Music. Textured and melancholy. Dust was the only release I had not heard before- which is a shame! This album should be a classic. I would rank it with anything that came from the grunge movement. The whole album works together and represents the group at its finest. It find it amazing this group does not get the props it deserves.

Biography

Formed: 1983 in Seattle, WA

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s

Where many of their Seattle-based contemporaries dealt in reconstructed Black Sabbath and Stooges riffs, Screaming Trees fused '60s psychedelia and garage rock with '70s hard rock and '80s punk. Over the course of their career, their more abrasive punk roots eventually gave way to a hard-edged, rootsy psychedelia that drew from rock and folk equally. After releasing several albums on indie labels like SST and Sub Pop, Screaming Trees moved to Epic Records in 1989. Though they were one of the first...
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