Fust

‘Big Ugly’ is out today everybody! This album is nothing more than a gathering of good people, who made it and made its release happen. If it’s anything more than that, then it’s a dream about music, and about where we’re from and we hope you like it The friends who made it: @weirs.ig , @gordonramsay , @frank__meadows  , @sluice.ig  , @averysullivn , and @rodeo_walrus The friends who helped us perform it: @mercelemon , @nightlands , @john_james_tourville , and @iamjacobiplaymusic The friends who realized it: @alex_farrar produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, played guitar/lap steel… we made this record in the summer of 2024, it was nothing more than our honor to make it with Alex, with assistance from @camwormy The friends who released it: @dearliferecs is our home, @milkocromlom , @jon__mbajuice our family Special thanks to the friends who made it more than music: @timmdon and @spreadsheetjockey thank you for being our lifelines @nikolas_soelter  @eloyvseloy thanks for riding so hard with us @_dropofsun_  for rewriting what hospitality can mean @chajbo  and @grahamtlbrtfoto for being our memory @commonone for going to big ugly to photograph the mural @danwriggins for writing the unwritable @sashapopovici @peter_horses for the endless vision durham nc and you! let’s have a good 2025 📸: @grahamtlbrtfoto

Making their #BristolRhythm debut, North Carolina-based band @for_fust is joining our 25th anniversary lineup for Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion! 🎶⚡ Fust singer/songwriter Aaron Dowdy was born and raised in Bristol, Virginia. "Bristol is a great place to be born for music," he said in an interview with Inside Appalachia and WV Public Broadcasting. Their newest album, Big Ugly, finds Fust taking its “gutsy, blue-collar Americana” further than it has before. Songwriter Aaron Dowdy pushes his obsessions with country-storytelling to more mystifying places, telling stories of Southern life teeming with utopian possibility that arises uniquely from the contradictions for which the south is infamously known. Big Ugly is also Fust–above all a group of close friends–uncovering a freedom within their sincere form of loose and fried guitar rock, emboldened to deliver both their most intimate songwriting and biggest sound to date. We can’t wait to hear them for the first time in September! Get your tickets now for their sure to be unforgettable set! 🎟️

yoooo four shows left of tour with @mercelemon and @thomasdollbaum , and we are in our home countryyyyy still some tickets for asheville and low count for boone, see you all soon the boone show starts at 8pm now, doors at 7pm! 4.14 knoxville, tn - pilot light ~ SOLD OUT 4.15 asheville, nc - the grey eagle 4.16 boone, nc - lily’s snack bar 4.17 durham, nc - motorco music hall ~ SOLD OUT

tour with @mercelemon has been too good here’s a little dump of us, at the bisbee mine, at the jackson browne family home where the for everyman cover was taken, the most locked in karaoke we’ve ever seen, etc too much love for @walkerrider444 and @coop.fg and @goldsoundz_ and @yaydylan the beat goes on tonight in austin, would love to see you there with the boy @thomasdollbaum couple sold out shows coming up, hyaw 4.9 austin, tx - sagebrush ~ 4.10 houston, tx - white oak music hall ~ 4.11 new orleans, la - hogs for the cause 4.12 jackson, ms - duling hall ~ 4.14 knoxville, tn - pilot light ~ SOLD OUT 4.15 asheville, nc - the grey eagle ~ 4.16 boone, nc - lily’s snack bar ~ 4.17 durham, nc - motorco music hall ~ SOLD OUT most photos by @rodeo_walrus and @averysullivn

hi everyone little update–– tour goes on with @mercelemon the phoenix show has been canceled sadly…. refunds will be issued we are going to play an intimate show in bisbee though on the 6th at @hitchingpostbisbee also if you are in the marfa area, we are playing @cableswest on the 8th low tickets for durham and knoxville… you know swipe to wipe my nose 4.2 san francisco, ca - bottom of the hill + 4.3 los angeles, ca - zebulon + 4.4 san diego, ca - soda bar + 4.6 bisbee, az - hitching post saloon ~ 4.8 marfa, tx - cables west ~ 4.9 austin, tx - sagebrush ~ 4.10 houston, tx - white oak music hall ~ 4.11 new orleans, la - hogs for the cause 4.12 jackson, ms - duling hall ~ 4.14 knoxville, tn - pilot light ~ low tickets 4.15 asheville, nc - the grey eagle ~ 4.16 boone, nc - lily’s snack bar ~ 4.17 durham, nc - motorco music hall ~ low tickets + w/ @goldsoundz_ ~ w/ @thomasdollbaum ! without @mercelemon

Evil Joy, the first full length Fust album, was first released on May 28th, 2021, and captured lifelong friends at once at the beginning of existence as a functioning live band, and at a crucial inflection point in a long woven dialogue on relationship to song. For the 5th anniversary, this touchstone in the catalog will be available for the first time on vinyl, complete with a fresh remaster by @c_linmiller , archival photos and new artwork, and is available today for preorder. The latest tour for Big Ugly, also starting today, will feature these beauties at the merch table. Come for unmissable sets by @mercelemon , @walkerrider444 , @goldsoundz_ and @thomasdollbaum , and stay to grab one of these early.

it’s been one year of big ugly today, we’re excited to do one more big tour for it coming up very soon with @mercelemon and friends, would love to see you there 3.17 cleveland, oh - beachland tavern * 3.18 evanston, il - space * 3.19 milwaukee, wi - cactus club * 3.20 des moines, ia - xbk * 3.21 omaha, ne - reverb lounge * 3.22 denver, co - larimer lounge * 3.25 salt lake city, ut - the dlc at quarters * 3.27 boise, id - treefort fest 3.28 walla walla, wa - billsville west 3.29 seattle, wa - sunset tavern + 3.31 portland, or - mississippi studios + 4.2 san francisco, ca - bottom of the hill + 4.3 los angeles, ca - zebulon + 4.4 san diego, ca - soda bar + 4.6 phoenix, az - valley bar ~ 4.9 austin, tx - sagebrush ~ 4.10 houston, tx - white oak music hall ~ 4.11 new orleans, la - hogs for the cause 4.12 jackson, ms - duling hall ~ 4.14 knoxville, tn - pilot light ~ 4.15 asheville, nc - the grey eagle ~ 4.16 boone, nc - lily’s snack bar ~ 4.17 durham, nc - motorco music hall ~ * w/ @walkerrider444 + w/ @goldsoundz_ ~ w/ @thomasdollbaum

🎶RW XIII Music Monday🎶 We are back with our first Music Monday of the RWR XIII season! Today we are excited to highlight... ✨ @for_fust ✨ Fust-the Durham, North Carolina-based band, new album ‘Big Ugly’ arrives after the release of 2024’s Songs of the Rail–“one of the best alt-country compilations…in a long, long time” (Paste) ‘Big Ugly’ finds Fust taking its “gutsy, blue-collar Americana” (New Commute) further than it has before. Songwriter Aaron Dowdy pushes his obsessions with country-storytelling to more mystifying places, telling stories of Southern life teeming with utopian possibility that arises uniquely from the contradictions for which the south is infamously known. ‘Big Ugly’ is also Fust––above all a group of close friends––uncovering a freedom within their sincere form of loose and fried guitar rock, emboldened to deliver both their most intimate songwriting and biggest sound to date. Stream/Buy ‘Big Ugly’: / Red Wing XIII | June 19-21, 2026 | Mt. Solon, Virginia 🎟️ → redwingroots.com/tickets 🪕 → redwingroots.com/lineup #redwingroots #redwingroots2026 #loveva #vamusic #visitvirginia @thesteelwheels @visitvirginia

uk tour starts next week! ticket links in bio, come say HEY beauty shots by @caseyvock

i am a bit bashful with this kind of thing but i just wanna thank everyone who has written about big ugly this year: the reviews, the interviews, the year end lists. a post isn’t enough to express my gratitude. i am missing people here but thought i would share some sweet things of late, thanks to everyone though, i see you and i love you thanks to these writers @jennpelly @annkpowers @lindsayzoladz @annapichler9 / @jyergs and @rosyoverdrive also big thanks to @newcommute @marg.mp3 @diggingunderground @vocalcharismatics @limitedadditionrecords

tickets are on sale now, link in bio, looking forward to being back in these great places with these great people

hi everyone some very fun things to announce with our very best friends @mercelemon first we are playing many shows in the spring together, doing a 𝓕ull 𝓤 𝓢 𝓣our and we will have so many close friends joining us like @walkerrider444 @goldsoundz_ and @thomasdollbaum second, and in celebration, fust has contributed a cover of george jones’s “choices” to merce’s ongoing split series, i also sing on merce’s george cover of “cup of loneliness” long live the possum we recorded it with @samuelskinner at @masonjarmusic on october 29th in brooklyn you can pre-order 7 inches now and tickets on sale 12/5 at 10am, links in bio tickets go on sale this friday 12/5 at 10am local: 3.17: cleveland, oh - beachland tavern * 3.18: evanston, il - space * 3.19: milwaukee, wi - cactus club * 3.20: des moines, ia - xbk * 3.21: omaha, ne - reverb lounge * 3.22: denver, co - larimer lounge * 3.25: salt lake city, ut - the dlc at quarters * 3.27: boise, id - treefort fest 3.28: walla walla, wa - billsville west 3.29: seattle, wa - sunset tavern + 3.31: portland, or - mississippi studios + 4.2: san francisco, ca - bottom of the hill + 4.3: los angeles, ca - zebulon + 4.4: san diego, ca - soda bar + 4.6: phoenix, az - valley bar ~ 4.9: austin, tx - sagebrush ~ 4.10: houston, tx - white oak music hall ~ 4.12: jackson, ms - duling hall ~ 4.14: knoxville, tn - pilot light ~ 4.15: asheville, nc - the grey eagle ~ 4.17: durham, nc - motorco music hall ~ * w/ walker rider + w/ georgia maq ~ w/ thomas dollbaum photo of me and merce by @annapowelldenton some photos of us recording by @rodeo_walrus