Debut single - Time Ran Out - Streaming everywhere now

Gusty is Justin Smith a designer and creative director who has been at the front of bands in the past (The Inside) and has been writing solo material for this release in his studio in Portland Or. saving the ideas for the perfect collaborator. Which Gusty found in an old friend.

For the Gusty launch Dowd enlisted Jon Sortland (The Shins, TLA) a longtime friend to Gusty from back in the skating days to record and produce the single. Sortland’s production is heavily influenced by his drumming career from the likes of Broken Bells and The Shins to math rock and even hardcore a la EV Kain and Cigar and perfect for the rhythm driven sound Gusty was dreaming up. Gusty and Sortland had a shared vision of tapping into their guilty pleasure of listening to radio hits to create something new and unique and that spoke to their shared experiences.