With Cold Feet, Calgaryโs The Dust Collectors deliver a warm, earthy, and deeply felt sophomore album that sinks into the bones like a familiar conversation by a crackling fire. Released June 27, 2025, two months ahead of schedule in anticipation of their performance at the Calgary Folk Music Festival, the record is a lovingly crafted collection of ten songs that balance homespun charm with introspective weight.
The opener โLove, etc.โ is a standout, already racking up over 20k Spotify streams with good reason. Shimmery guitars, smacking drums, and a thick, emotive lead vocal make this track instantly engaging. Itโs a breakup song that sidesteps melodrama, instead choosing honesty, poetic defeat, and a hook that lodges in your chest. By contrast, the title track โCold Feetโ moves at a more introspective pace, pairing ticking percussion with gently laced guitar work and lyrics that reveal a narrator haunted by dreams and regrets. The poetry lands softly, but with a sharp emotional edgeโclassic Dust Collectors.
Track eight, โI Remember Everything,โ shines with nostalgic warmth, its gentle plucking and floating melodies threading a scrapbook of memories that spanned summer afternoons and grandmaโs laughter, giving way to the recognition that nothing lasts forever. Still, the silver lining comes in the refrain: โAll there is plain to see, itโs written there, itโs you and me.โ
โAlbertaโ wraps up the album like a prayer. Recorded in a single day, itโs a hymn to home, slow and somber at first, then lifted by swelling harmonies that swell into a near-sacred chorus. Itโs as touching as any folk classic, a spiritual cousin to โTake Me Home, Country Roads,โ but with its boots planted firmly in Canadian soil.
Listen to Cold Feet by The Dust Collectors on Spotify.
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