We’re thrilled to welcome Fust to West Art! The Durham-based band, in the recent habit of making national waves, brings their unique blend of country-tinged folk-rock, small-town poetry, and fried guitar magic — all fresh off the release of their acclaimed new record Big Ugly. With deep roots in Southern storytelling and a sound that’s equal parts grit and grace, Fust weaves something intimate, literary, and loud (for example....THIS!). You've likely heard their music on WXPN- and now we get to welcome them for their inaugural show right here in Lancaster along with another fine act- TBA! It’s going to be a truly special night beneath the stained glass — don’t miss it. Grab a friend, grab your tickets, and we’ll see you here!
Tickets are available so conveniently right HERE!
What to expect at the show:
>> Doors will open at 6:30. The show will start at 7:30.
>> Tickets are $17 in advance, and $20 at the door if not sold out. As always, we’re proud to present an all-ages show with discounted tickets available for students. Get your tickets HERE!
>> Parking may be available in the small lot across the street. Beyond that, there’s parking available around Buchanan Park and F&M College in the blocks surrounding West Art.
>> Seating: This will be a mostly standing show with some limited seating available. Our space is ADA accessible, and we will do our best to accommodate any specific needs.
>> Please note that all ticket sales are final. Thank you for supporting great music!
Get your tickets HERE!
Fust Bio:
Fust — the Durham, North Carolina-based band — announce their new album, Big Ugly, out March 7th via Dear Life Records. 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) –– and 2023’s standout Genevieve, which unassumingly introduced new listeners to Fust’s unmistakable blend of “small-town poetry” (Mojo) with a familiar yet probing “country-tinged folk-rock” (KEXP) that made it “one of the most fun rock records of the year” (Pitchfork).
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. In this way, it is a record that could easily be filed on the record shelf alongside lyric-forward indie or Southern rock, as well as on the bookshelf amongst the throngs of Southern literature hellbent on proving the elegance of grittiness. 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.
While perhaps “few voices can write a song quite like Aaron Dowdy” (Paste), it is clear upon listening that Big Ugly is an album of fully recognizable voices. One hears in the music the years of interplay between Avery Sullivan (Sluice) on Drums, Justin Morris (Sluice, Weirs) on guitar and vocals, Oliver Child-Lanning (Sluice, Weirs) on bass and vocals, Frank Meadows on piano, John Wallace (Colamo) on guitar and vocals, and Libby Rodenbough (Mipso) on fiddle and vocals. Big Ugly is also the second collaboration with the Asheville-based engineer Alex Farrar, recorded together throughout the summer of 2024 at Drop of Sun Studio. And with the help of many friends including Merce Lemon, Dave Hartley (The War on Drugs), and John James Tourville (The Deslondes), Big Ugly is exactly what one feels it to be: a huge group of people gathered together, stumbling upon songs amidst long days and even longer nights. Learn more at https://fust.band/.