Hit up the usual-suspect streaming outlets and you’ll be able to hear Earth III, the debut album from Seattle’s Dust Mice, out today. In addition to reimagining Black Sabbath‘s “Solitude” as a speedy Hawkwindian space jaunt, laced with sax and keys, the record runs a gamut of psychedelia, marked out by the stomp of opener “Choom Wagon” and the shake in “Hepatitis X” — dire of lyric and vital of groove — onward into the trippy ever-forward motion of “Desert Bus” and the drift-at-last “MTN Wizzards,” which caps. You’re gonna get knocked around a bit by some electromagnetic interference, but who the hell ever said visiting the cosmos would be a smooth ride the whole way through? The bumps and bruises garnered along the way five the eight-song offering all the more character to work from.

Space. Rock. Vibe. Rock.

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Space rockers Dust Mice release eclectic new album Earth III

Earth III is the new album from Dust Mice, a 5-piece Space-Garage band from the Pacific Northwest. Analog synths, distorted saxophone and raw guitar combine with a driving rhythm section to deliver spaced out garage rock with influences from New Wave Sci-Fi, post-punk, and classic metal. Previous work includes 2 EPs and a digital single, which are all available (including bonus live tracks) on the Super Moon Fetus compilation.

Earth III is the band’s first full-length album and follows up on the themes introduced in their EP, Moon Fetus. The album was written while the band was actively gigging and the final form of many of the songs was worked out on-stage before tracking the album live. To get the layered, out of control sound Dust Mice hunkered down for a session of overdubs and extended jams. Those tracks were cut up and mixed throughout the album as sonic connective tissue, mimicking the chaotic sonic assault of a live Dust Mice show.

Lyrical themes explore tales of wizard cults (MTN Wizzards), suicidal androids (Eye Make You Eye), the existential burden of living on a generation starship (Hepatitis X), and the self-mythologizing failures of American Imperialism (Choom Wagon, Sky King). This all comes together in a cover of Black Sabbath’s Solitude, interpreted as a charging space-garage celebration of humanity’s ultimate failure. The only note of hope comes from Desert Bus, an ode to psychedelic introspection and opening yourself to the majesty of the universe.

EARTH III is available now on Bandcamp and all other digital platforms including Spotify Deezer and Apple Music.

Track Listing:
1. Choom Wagon
2. Eye Make You Eye
3. Hepatitis X
4. Solitude
5. Sky King
6. Crisis on Infinite Earths
7. Desert Bus
8. MTN Wizzards

Dust Mice:
Patrick Seick: Lead Vocals, Synth, Percussion
Robbie Houston: Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Backup Vocals
Nate Henry: Saxophone, Backup Vocals
Lewis Hunt: Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Backup Vocals
Zane Graham: Drums, Backup Vocals

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Dust Mice, “Hepatitis X”