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Much like stars across the night sky, our souls dot this plane of existence, flaring brighter over time. As one fades out, another flickers into focus -- and so the cycle continues into eternity and beyond.For SUSTO, the joy of birth, the closure of death, the warmth of true friendship, and the promise of the future rotate on the axis of the bands fourth full-length and debut for New West Records, Time In The Sun. Frontman Justin Osborne distills this ebb and flow into eleven tracks underpinned by lyrical eloquence, unpredictable dynamics, and a thoroughly alive rock n roll spirit.Were all just products of the sunlight, revolving around a big ball of fire, observes Justin. I was thinking of the meaning of life as Im sure many of us were in 2020. Ive come to believe life is all one big chance happening with no deeper meaning other than what we make of it. Every album is like a timestamp, and Time In The Sun was about trying to express this moment in my life. I was stuck in the middle of losing my father and also becoming a father myself. Through these songs, Im expressing what it felt like and how its changed me.Since 2013, Justin has quietly prepared to make such a statement. He went from penning tunes as a kid back in South Carolina to forming SUSTO on a pilgrimage to Havana, Cuba where he resumed writing music again after a creative respite. Along the way, the collective opened up for everyone from The Lumineers and Band of Horses to The Head and The Heart in addition to gracing the bills of festivals such as Hangout, Stagecoach, Austin City Limits, and more. SUSTO also made their television debut on CBS This Morning: Saturday. In the middle of this whirlwind, Justin became a father in the summer of 2019 as he started compiling ideas. He officially entered the studio with producer and engineer Wolfgang Zimmerman [Band of Horses] at the top of 2020.After a February tour, the world shutdown and Justin retreated into his next body of work. A revolving cast of collaborators, friends, and members of the Charleston musical community rolled through and contributed to the recording. It takes a village to make a record, he smiles.In the middle of recording, he endured the loss of his dad.My dad had been fighting cancer for almost six years, he sighs. They gave him a year to live back in 2014, and he got a couple of good years. He hung on for as long as he could, and he eventually stopped. Fortunately, I got the chance to say goodbye and be there, because I wasnt touring. We moved in with my parents for those last couple of weeks until he went into hospice. Because I had begun writing when I found out I was going to be a dad, these events were the biggest inspirations for the record. I was thinking of my life and what I can impart. It felt like I was in between the beginning and end of life. Up until he passed away, I felt like it was an album about new life and becoming a parent. It shifted the narrative towards the cyclical nature of life, death, and new births.
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