With Cold Feet, Calgary’s 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 “Love, etc.” 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. It’s a breakup song that sidesteps melodrama, instead choosing honesty, poetic defeat, and a hook that lodges in your chest. By contrast, the title track “Cold Feet” 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 edge—classic Dust Collectors.
Track eight, “I Remember Everything,” shines with nostalgic warmth, its gentle plucking and floating melodies threading a scrapbook of memories that spanned summer afternoons and grandma’s laughter, giving way to the recognition that nothing lasts forever. Still, the silver lining comes in the refrain: “All there is plain to see, it’s written there, it’s you and me.”
“Alberta” wraps up the album like a prayer. Recorded in a single day, it’s a hymn to home, slow and somber at first, then lifted by swelling harmonies that swell into a near-sacred chorus. It’s as touching as any folk classic, a spiritual cousin to “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” but with its boots planted firmly in Canadian soil.
Listen to Cold Feet by The Dust Collectors on Spotify.
STAY IN TOUCH:
