Welcome Back!
Welcome back to Extended Play! Hopefully you have enjoyed the brief break from posts for the beginning of the year. I always enjoy taking the first month to catch up on what I missed from the previous year, listen to older albums, revisit favorite albums, and rest before launching back into new music. Maybe you had a chance to do the same. If not, you will be glad to be current again — a good thing considering the exciting new releases and announcements of 2022.
Extended Play will also be including Bandcamp links to releases in addition to the usual Spotify links, allowing you to support the featured artists more directly.
For now, I want to point you towards one of my favorite releases of the year so far, Seeking the Sources of Streams by Cicada. This album sounds like a walk through the landscape on its cover, exploring tucked-away groves and misty forests, each crevice harboring some undiscovered world or living thing. It evokes vivid imagery, even without the titles or cover art, and creates a sense of magic that transports the listener into its world. Listen using either of the links below.
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