The Record That Sounds Best When You're Not Fully Listening

Not all listening is attentive. Some albums reveal themselves most clearly when they are allowed to exist at the edges of awareness – during work, movement, or quiet domestic time. This cycle holds essays about records that do not demand focus, but reward return. Over time, they become part of the environment, surfacing unexpectedly through familiarity rather than concentration.

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