An ardent rock success from Michigan-based band Ashes Over Dust, “Last Train” soars with thematic poignancy and a nostalgic ’80s-friendly anthemic pulse. The stirring lyrical array asks “what’s it worth in the end?” while recounting a series of profit-first endeavors meant to extract profit from the environment. The title-touting hook — “last train to nowhere,” — compels with a timely questioning of future stability. Succeeding in capturing “the environmental implications of unchecked industrial globalism,” amidst a hard-rocking prowess, “Last Train” is a resonating output from Ashes Over Dust.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
