CC DUST announces new single, ‘Shinkansen No. 1’ / ‘New Ways’, due 21st October on Night School Records

‘Shinkansen No.1’ / ‘New Ways‘ is the second release from CC DUST, a new duo from Olympia, Washington featuring Maryjane Dunphe and David Jaques.

‘Shinkansen No.1’ introduces the record with a more industrial, harder edge than much of the group’s debut 12” (CC DUST – S/T), a fast paced, urgent song powered by by fast kick drums and Jaques’ bassline acrobatics. CC Dust opened every show on their recent European tour with this salvo, a dark energy that spirals upwards, with Dunphe’s vocal giving the production space to build into a crescendo. ‘New Ways’ on the other hand, is perhaps Dunphe’s finest moment yet set to disc. Dunphe is a performer who battles restraint, her every vocal performance a tour de force and ‘New Ways’ is one of the most emotional and transcendent performances imaginable. With a terse restraint in the verses, the chorus here erupts into an anthem for doomed youth, with every crack in Dunphe’s voice hitting the listener square in the chest.