Stardust LP

Stardust follows This Is Not An Exit, the 2025 debut from New York’s The Backfires, a band that needed a new name before anyone would take them seriously, ditching the arty tag Qualia Noir for something battle-ready. The lineup, Alex Gomez on vocals, Harry Ruprecht on guitar, Matthew Walter on bass, and Dylan Spiro on drums, started in 2019 and still wears its Arctic Monkeys and Catfish and the Bottlemen influences, with Inhaler and Fontaines D.C. hovering nearby as touchstones. Single "Super 8" sits here on clear and turquoise vinyl through Diamond City.