Stephen Pierce, leader of the Western Mass band Gold Dust, has been on a self-imposed social media exile for the past 10 months or so, but he popped up on Bandcamp today to give a couple of updates. One of the updates has to do with a wonderfully wild t-shirt design the band has unveiled (see below), as well as news of new material being written and recorded. Gold Dust may have been quiet since the middle of 2023, but folks who enjoyed The Late Great will soon be treated to a large dose of new sounds and musical directions. They have been feeding me a number of demos, and I can confidently say that folks will be excitedly awed. 2023 was a tough year for Stephen. I’m glad to have him back. Here’s what Stephen had to say:
Hey all. Been a while. I hope you’re well - it’s been a strange and interesting year for me, to say the least, and I’ve mostly disengaged with the digital world. I guess as good a return as any is to show up with a ludicrous new shirt design. It’s an improvement on a similar theme I used for my old band, Kindling, and we’ve done it on tie dye, as well as white on black.
Things have been rolling along excitingly over here. A lot of change. Been writing, recording… you know, all those things bands do.
Here are the shirts:
If you’ve been trying to get ahold of me via socials, I’m sorry to have missed you. Someone will start posting there again at some point, but it won’t be me. You can find me at stephen.e.pierce at gmail dot com. Thank you so much for your patience and kindness through this difficult journey this past year has taken me on.
