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2000 studio album by Duster
Contemporary Movement
Studio album by Duster
ReleasedAugust 22, 2000 (2000-08-22)
Genre
Length39:49
LabelUp Records
Duster chronology
Stratosphere
(1998) 		Contemporary Movement
(2000) 		Capsule Losing Contact
(2019)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Pitchfork8.4/10

Contemporary Movement is the second studio album by American slowcore band Duster. The album was released in 2000 on Up Records. It was their last album before the band's hiatus later that year.

Unlike Duster's previous album Stratosphere, all three band members were involved in the making of Contemporary Movement.

The album was issued on both vinyl and CD. The album's cover art depicts the parking structures at the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. Contemporary Movement was later reissued as part of the Capsule Losing Contact box set.

Critical reception

Portland Mercury wrote that "Duster’s unhurried compositions never fully clarify or cohere; voices hide behind dense washes of guitar, verses reach toward choruses that aren’t there, songs end abruptly before they can be caught, tagged, and filed away." Pitchfork gave the album an 8.4/10, writing "there's nothing here nearly as abstract as the buzzing drone construction that was Stratosphere's title track, but Duster still has a way with the slow tempo and the beautifully distorted guitar noise."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Clay Parton, Dove Amber, Jason Albertini

No.TitleLength
1."Get the Dutch"4:47
2."Operations"3:30
3."Diamond"3:26
4."Me and the Birds"1:35
5."Travelogue"4:36
6."The Phantom Facing Me"2:56
7."Cooking"4:35
8."Unrecovery"3:34
9."The Breakup Suite"3:21
10."Everything You See (Is Your Own)"2:40
11."Now It’s Coming Back"2:43
12."Auto-Mobile"2:07
Total length:39:49

References

  1. Hurley, Sean. "Duster – Contemporary Movement". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. "Duster: Contemporary Movement". Pitchfork.
  3. "Duster | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "The Old Disappearing-Reappearing Band Trick". NPR.org. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024.
  5. Richardson, Mark (February 22, 2019). "Back to the Stratosphere: How the Rarest Music in the World Comes Back". The Ringer.
  6. "Duster". The Stranger. Archived from the original on 20 November 2019.
  7. "Duster, Floating Room". Portland Mercury.
  8. "Duster: Contemporary Movement". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2024-01-22.
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