*B.T.R.C. 2018 Must Hear Vinyl
- Limited Edition Double Vinyl
- Gate Fold Packaging
- Side D etching
- B.T.R.C. Best Vinyl of 2018
- Other 2018 End of Year Lists:
- #13 / American Songwriter
- #11 / Rolling Stone (Country & Americana)
The full-length debut from singer/songwriter Ruston Kelly, Dying Star is a document of self-destruction and salvation. With a storytelling sensibility that constantly shifts from candid to poetic, the Nashville-based artist details his experience with addiction, which included time in rehab and an overdose in early 2016. Rooted in a delicately sculpted sound that shows every nuance of his vocal delivery, Dying Star captures all the chaos and heartbreak on the way to finding redemption. Dying Star is co-produced by Ruston Kelly and Jarrad K (Kate Nash, Weezer.)
Tracks
- Disc 1 -- Cover My Tracks (3:27)
- Mockingbird (4:38)
- Son of a Highway Daughter (3:37)
- Paratrooper's Battle Cry (4:00)
- Faceplant (3:43)
- Blackout (4:26)
- Big Brown Bus (4:56)
- Mercury (3:19)
- Anchors (4:10)
- Just for the Record (3:42)
- Trying to Let Her (3:28)
- Jericho (2:53)
- Dying Star (5:26)
- Brightly Burst (1:34)