Fust, the Durham, North Carolina-based band, announces new album Big Ugly out March 7th via Dear Life Records. Follows 2024’s Songs of the Rail and 2023’s Genevieve, blending small-town poetry with country-tinged folk-rock. Features songwriter Aaron Dowdy’s stories of Southern life. Band: Avery Sullivan (drums), Justin Morris (guitar/vocals), Oliver Child-Lanning (bass/vocals), Frank Meadows (piano), John Wallace (guitar/vocals), Libby Rodenbough (fiddle/vocals). Recorded with Alex Farrar at Drop of Sun Studio. Guests: Merce Lemon, Dave Hartley (The War on Drugs), John James Tourville (The Deslondes). With Walker Rider.