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This week on the show, Gretchen and Bradley Bergstrand of Coed Pageant drop by the studio to chat about tunes and seasons — specifically, the third in their series of four season-themed EPs, The Seasons EPs Vol. 3: Sundry Summer (which you can conveniently read a review of here). They take some time out from preparing the latest release and getting ready for the release party/concert to tell us about finding musical inspiration in the seasons (even when the weather doesn’t cooperate), how the themes for each differ, the challenges of writing/recording/producing the EPs in a handful of weeks, and much more.
Plus, we play a track from the winter EP, Winter Blitz, to start things off and then a song from the newest release. You can listen to the spring release, Rumspringa, on their Bandcamp page as well.
Smile Politely Radio airs each Friday evening at 5:30 on WEFT 90.1 FM in Champaign, and is available as a podcast the following week.