{"product_id":"playgrounded-a-flower-to-water-ltd-edition-snow-vinyl-lp","title":"PLAYGROUNDED \/\/ A FLOWER TO WATER - LTD. EDITION SNOW VINYL (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePLAYGROUNDED \/\/ A FLOWER TO WATER - LTD. EDITION SNOW VINYL (LP)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLimited to 200 copies worldiwde\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eRELEASE DATE: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSeptember 18th, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-tabs wc-tabs-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"woocommerce-Tabs-panel woocommerce-Tabs-panel--description panel entry-content wc-tab\" id=\"tab-description\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-title-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eA flower\u003c\/b\u003e bursts into life and withers away to nothing in the blink of an eye. Sheets of glass glitter with possibility as they shatter in slow motion. \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"151\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"151\"\u003eA Flower to Water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, the staggering third full-length album from Greek Progressive-Post Metal outfit \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"250\"\u003ePlaygrounded\u003c\/b\u003e, finds the five-piece pushing their boundaries even further; welcoming the unquantifiable depths of loss, grief and finitude into their meticulous, fractal process as friends in defiance of neglect. \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"462\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"462\"\u003eA Flower to Water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is the product of patience, of past mistakes, of nurturing; a token of, and totem for, time consciously offered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003eHailing from Athens, Greece but predominantly based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"79\"\u003ePlaygrounded\u003c\/b\u003e have never ceased to push the envelope of Post Metal with genre-defying contemporary electronic and cinematic neo-classical elements since the band's inception almost two decades ago. One of many criminally underrated creative outfits coming from Greece, \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"347\"\u003ePlaygrounded\u003c\/b\u003e’s immediate impact on the heavy scene is due in no small part to the formidable musical pedigree of the band’s members.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003eThe quintet’s first release, 2012’s \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"36\"\u003eAthens\u003c\/i\u003e EP saw a musically mature band writing modern, forward-thinking prog rock that found them compared to artists as diverse as Deftones, Massive Attack and Moderat. Years of national and international touring and opening for the likes of Riverside, Anathema and Nine Inch Nails led to \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"325\"\u003ePlaygrounded\u003c\/b\u003e’s 2017 debut full-length \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"363\"\u003eIn Time with Gravity\u003c\/i\u003e, a document of the band reveling in full flux as they continued to dive deeper into extended compositions weaving influences from cutting edge electronica into weighted riffs, fluid basslines and delicate yet driving drums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003eAnother five years of experimentation and refinement saw the band’s sophomore album and their first release on Pelagic, 2022’s \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"127\"\u003eThe death of Death\u003c\/i\u003e, demonstrate \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"159\"\u003ePlaygrounded\u003c\/b\u003e’s mastery of their form. A profound understanding of how the myriad sonic glitches and fragments that the quintet produce can be carved, sculpted and contorted into something so much greater than the sum of its parts; \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"390\"\u003eThe death of Death\u003c\/i\u003e presents \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"418\"\u003ePlaygrounded\u003c\/b\u003e as composers in the art of decomposition. The album was crowned Album of the Year at the 2022 Rotterdam Pop Music Awards and saw \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"560\"\u003ePlaygrounded\u003c\/b\u003e embark on a 36 date EU\/UK Tour with labelmates The Ocean (Collective) and LLNN before bringing the cycle to a close with formidable performances at internationally renowned festivals such as ArcTanGent, Euroblast, Radar and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eA Flower to Water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"21\"\u003ePlaygrounded\u003c\/b\u003e’s third full-length offering and sees the band thriving in their creative relationship with Pelagic Records. Recorded and produced by the band across multiple studios back home in Athens, \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"222\"\u003ePlaygrounded\u003c\/b\u003e enlisted the help of longtime collaborators C. Cederberg (Leprous, Anathema) who mixed the album at Cederberg Studios in Kristiansand, Norway and George Tanderø (Madrugada, Satyricon, Jaga Jazzist) who mastered it in Oslo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eAn ever sharper refinement of the quintet’s inimitable process, which sees the band build splinters of noise into huge, sprawling soundscapes inspired in part by the work of experimental sound artists like German composer Orson Hentschel; \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"239\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"239\"\u003eA Flower to Water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e welcomes the emotional and physical toll of loss into the melee. Lead single ‘Counting Embers’ erupts with all of \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"371\"\u003ePlaygrounded\u003c\/b\u003e’s discordant distortion before abruptly folding back into itself, leaving just frontman Stavros Markonis’ growling baritone alone in your ear. From there the song begins to rebuild itself, but slowly, tentatively as \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"600\"\u003ePlaygrounded\u003c\/b\u003e incorporate the weight of silence into their sonic palette before one final, cataclysmic chorus. Second single 'Snow', a dreamy beat in 15\/16, quietly unravels \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"773\"\u003ePlaygrounded\u003c\/b\u003e's electronic introspective core, stripped of the heavy tones that usually adorn it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eThis profound sense of patience is keenly felt throughout the album. The deliberate spaces between each hammerblow guitar riff, pulsing bass line or hypnotic drum groove; each heavy, breathless pause and fizzing glitchy whisper all tell of unspoken loss and absence as an indelible part of \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"290\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"290\"\u003eA Flower to Water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and indeed of \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"322\"\u003ePlaygrounded\u003c\/b\u003e forever more. In marking this absence however, in embracing loss head on, \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"409\"\u003ePlaygrounded\u003c\/b\u003e reify memory in defiance of neglect. 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