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Dominic Gould

Today, we've got new music from a rising Aussie trio called daste.

The Gold Coast outfit has released their debut album dusk&dawn, after treating fans to a number of singles for the past few months. As we try to emerge from this strange time in the world, it's the perfect soundtrack, as it hovers in a space between light and dark and happy and sad, extremes many have surely experienced over the last couple of years.

“What dusk&dawn means to me is a journey of realization," says the band's Braxton Tahi. "Throughout this album I discovered a lot about our sound and identity as artists. Each song on this album portrays a character we all relate to some way or another. As for our sound, I feel like nothing really changed, we just grew. And we'll continue to grow with more albums, more songs, and more journeys under this one-of-a-kind sun.”

Adds bandmate Tyler Harden: "dusk&dawn represents the duality of life: good and bad, life and death, happiness and sadness. It is the contrast between the two that helps you appreciate and provide the context for the parts of life that you cherish, which is a never-ending cycle, just like the rising and falling of the sun. We featured the sun in all of the single release artworks and in the album artwork.

Hear the full album below.