Dustin Kensrue’s day-job is as frontman for the “post-hardcore” (whatever that is) band Thrice. Not bad work if you can get it. Or so I’m told. After all, everyone wants to be in “post-hardcore” these days, right?
Kensrue’s solo material, however, is of a different vein. Apparently, he began working on solo acoustic material more seriously some time in 2004 when some material appeared on a Myspace page. Originally working under the name Ursus Veritas, Kensrue soon began working under his own name. His first solo album Please Come Home bears the marks of Ryan Adams, Lucero, Johnny Cash and others. Heavy with biblical allusion and imagery, this is music of faith that challenges many current conceptions of “Christian” music. Good stuff indeed. Here is a video of Dustin performing his song “Blanket of Ghosts:”
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