Album artwork for Capsule Losing Contact by Duster

Capsule Losing Contact is a compilation of recordings by the legendary indie-rock band Duster. Available here via Numero Group as a four-LP or three-CD box set.

San Jose’s sonic cure-all for the Y2K hangover that never materialized, Duster emerged from a cloud of lonely bong rips to take indie rock to the moon, and beyond. Scotch-taped guitars toggle between a chorus of brittle winter trees and a blanket of distorted fuzz. The low rumble of a cardboard box being kicked in a dead mall keeps pace in the background, as muffled, sung-spoken vocals ponder the great mysteries of modern mundanity. Three years of home recording accidents and blown-out 2AM studio experiments are spread across four LPs or three CDs, gathering the short-lived trio’s Stratosphere and Contemporary Movement albums, 1975 EP, singles, demos, and other miscellaneous debris into one escape pod, now free to drift in the endless void of space.

Mastered from a mix of crusty cassettes, decaying DATs, and warbly analog tape, Capsule Losing Contact is housed in a moon dusted slipcase with all four albums secured in heavy weight tip-on jackets. An accompanying lyric book guides the listener through Duster’s lo-fi worldview, adorned with the last gasps of an expired golden age as captured on Polaroid and disposable Kodak cameras.

LPx4+ - Quadruple LP box set.

CDx3+ - Triple CD box set (tracklist is same as LP).

Duster

Capsule Losing Contact

Numero Group
Album artwork for Capsule Losing Contact by Duster
LPx4 +

$89.99

Gold Vinyl

Released 07/01/2022Catalog Number

NUM210lp-C3

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Album artwork for Capsule Losing Contact by Duster
LPx4 +

$89.99

Diamond Clear Vinyl

Released 07/01/2022Catalog Number

NUM210lp-C4

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Album artwork for Capsule Losing Contact by Duster
CDx3

$34.99

Released 03/22/2019Catalog Number

NUM210cd

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Duster

Capsule Losing Contact

Numero Group
Album artwork for Capsule Losing Contact by Duster
LPx4 +

$89.99

Gold Vinyl

Released 07/01/2022Catalog Number

NUM210lp-C3

Learn more
Album artwork for Capsule Losing Contact by Duster
LPx4 +

$89.99

Diamond Clear Vinyl

Released 07/01/2022Catalog Number

NUM210lp-C4

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Album artwork for Capsule Losing Contact by Duster
CDx3

$34.99

Released 03/22/2019Catalog Number

NUM210cd

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Capsule Losing Contact is a compilation of recordings by the legendary indie-rock band Duster. Available here via Numero Group as a four-LP or three-CD box set.

San Jose’s sonic cure-all for the Y2K hangover that never materialized, Duster emerged from a cloud of lonely bong rips to take indie rock to the moon, and beyond. Scotch-taped guitars toggle between a chorus of brittle winter trees and a blanket of distorted fuzz. The low rumble of a cardboard box being kicked in a dead mall keeps pace in the background, as muffled, sung-spoken vocals ponder the great mysteries of modern mundanity. Three years of home recording accidents and blown-out 2AM studio experiments are spread across four LPs or three CDs, gathering the short-lived trio’s Stratosphere and Contemporary Movement albums, 1975 EP, singles, demos, and other miscellaneous debris into one escape pod, now free to drift in the endless void of space.

Mastered from a mix of crusty cassettes, decaying DATs, and warbly analog tape, Capsule Losing Contact is housed in a moon dusted slipcase with all four albums secured in heavy weight tip-on jackets. An accompanying lyric book guides the listener through Duster’s lo-fi worldview, adorned with the last gasps of an expired golden age as captured on Polaroid and disposable Kodak cameras.

LPx4+ - Quadruple LP box set.

CDx3+ - Triple CD box set (tracklist is same as LP).