Pre-Order: SUSTO – Susto Stringband – Volume 2

Blurb: Justin Osborne has performed as Susto since 2013, emerging from Charleston, SC with a shape-shifting alt-rock vision rooted in gospel, bluegrass, and folk. A chance open-mic encounter in Asheville with vocalist Clint Roberts, clawhammer banjoist Helena Rose, and upright bassist Joey Brown (now known as Holler Choir) sparked the formation of Susto Stringband. The project reimagines a number of Osbornes introspective catalog (including Susto favorites like Hard Drugs and Diamonds Icaro) through a richly textured, traditional string band lens, blending pastoral harmonies with lyrics that wrestle with love, loss, mortality, and transcendence. True to the meaning of susto, which roughly translate from Spanish as an intense, soul-deep fear, the music balances Arcadian beauty with emotional reckoning, bringing Osbornes rural South Carolina roots full circle.

Tracklist:

1. Gloryland
2. Diamond’s Icaro
3. E-350
4. Hard Drugs
5. Hands In The Dirt
6. County Line
7. Work Away
8. Black River Gospel
9. Last Chance Linda
10. Don’t Feel Right
11. Tell My Blues

UPC: 820200318879
Label: Missing Piece
Release Date: 5.29.26
Format: Vinyl