So Far From Home

It’s funny how your perception of a band can change. I remember someone playing Reach The Sky to me a long, long time ago and me not liking the songs at all. I don’t know what it was, but the songs didn’t click with me at all. So I never really bothered to check them out again. 

Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago when I last went to the local record store. I’d seen the record sitting in one of the bins during my previous visits and I’d pondered getting the record to give the band another shot, but the other records I’d put on my pile always seemed more desireable. So I put off buying it, until my last visit. I wanted to buy something at the store and after flipping through the usual bins, I still didn’t have that many records, so I decided that day was the day. It definitely helped that the record was priced very reasonably. 

When I got home, I still had some work to do at my desk, so I put on the new records one after another. When So Far From Home was over, I just flipped the record and listened to it again. And again. And again. I couldn’t believe that was the same band I’d always considered lame. The album has been on constant rotation since then and I just listened to it again today. Might be my favorite discovery of an old band in 2025!

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