A Crazy Theory About Duster’s Album Covers
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I’ve been thinking about Duster’s album covers and I may have come up with a completely crazy theory, but the sequence is strangely coherent to me.
Stratosphere → the sky.
The first cover is dominated by the sky. We’re looking up, outside, far away from everything.
Contemporary Movement → the airport.
Then we come down to earth and see an airport — a place of transit, where people arrive and leave.
Duster → the cat.
Then there’s the cat, which makes me think of home and domestic life. We’ve gone from the outside world into a house.
Together → the guy lying in bed.
Now we’re not just inside a house — we’re in bed, completely still.
In Dreams → dreaming.
And this is the part I find really strange: after the guy lying in bed, the next step is literally In Dreams. As if he has finally fallen asleep.
So the sequence could almost be:
SKY → AIRPORT → HOME → BED → DREAM