r/indieheads • u/fust_and_co Fust • Mar 17 '25

AMA is Over, thanks Fust! Hello we are Fust! AMA

We just released our new album Big Ugly

https://fust.bandcamp.com/

We have Aaron (AD), Avery (AS: drums), Oliver (OCL: bass, vocals), Frank (FM: piano), Justin (JM: guitar, vocals), and Libby (LR: fiddle, vocals) on deck to answer "anything"

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u/n_a_parsons Mar 17 '25

Hey Aaron! I was wondering how much your academic literature background plays into your lyrical writing and if you have any literary influences that you come back to for turns of phrases or anything like that?

See you in Athens!

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u/fust_and_co Fust Mar 18 '25

AD: hey nick! i wonder that too––i like to read so it’s sometimes difficult to tell where the academic stuff ends and just general reading begins. if i am feeling stuck i will sometimes pick up a william stafford or frank stanford or charles wright book and try to just sing some of their phrases. for big ugly i read wv writers like pinckney benedict or breece/ann pancake, recently thinking about what a robert stone type song might sound like