Rob Price
Gutbrain Records
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2026 January 07 • Wednesday

Julianna Riolino's All Blue was an instant favorite of mine when it came out a few years ago and listening to it dozens of time didn't diminish my enjoyment of it at all.

So it's exciting to have her follow-up record now. Echo in the Dust is another exciting, meticulously crafted, sometimes rocking, sometimes dreamy album.

My favortie song from All Blue ended up being "Hark" but it's too early to say what the favorite track from Echo in the Dust is going to be.

Likely candidates include "On a Bluebird's Wing", which would be great to listen to while driving or, if you're me, biking.

"Like a Rembrandt", with its powerful and assured vocals and distorted guitar riff that recalls Link Wray's cover of "Please Please Me", is a perfect opener that eases the listener back into Riolino's musical world.

1950s rock and pop traits are cleverly reassembled for "Seed", which also surprises with a shift in both meter and intensity without abandoning that previous era.

Art rock that's like a considerably more domesticated Tropical Fuck Storm gets a nod in "I Wonder" while "Let Me Dream" might be the best of the slower and more hypnotic songs.

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Of course you should just buy it and draw your own conclusions!