A Cardboard Session of a new generation
June 12, 2025
Meet the future rock legends Return to Dust.
Over the last 26 episodes of Cardboard Sessions, we’ve had some serious heavy hitters come out to play. Everyone from Robby Krieger of the Doors to Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top to Keanu Freaking Reeves have stepped into the studio and made beautiful, crazy music with us. But that doesn’t mean the cardboard concept is only for the old guard. To prove it, we put our instruments in the hands of a soon-to-be-huge LA band called Return to Dust. The result? One of the most electric Cardboard Sessions we’ve ever recorded.
90s rock with a modern spin.
This young, fearless band is channeling the soul of 90s rock into something brand new and entirely their own. Born in Texas, forged in California garages, and raised on open mic nights and late-night rehearsals, Return to Dust is the real thing. With echoes of Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, and Queens of the Stone Age, their sound fuses powerful harmonies, fuzz-laden riffs and seismic grooves, fueled by the raw energy of four Gen Z friends jamming in a garage.
Sounds great on paper.
After the band released their independent self-titled album in 2024, the first single “Belly Up” surged online, organically gathering over 2 million Spotify streams. From there, they lit up the stages at festivals, opened for rock legends Chevelle and Sevendust, and signed with LAVA Records/Republic Records. With that kind of momentum, there was only one thing left for them to do: head to Village Studios in Santa Monica for Cardboard Sessions 27. Playing our custom corrugated creations, Return to Dust laid down a raw, charged episode that introduced us to a new generation of shredders. Check it out, so you can say you knew them before they were big.
