play with earth! 0.03 – On needing to come back to earth even when we are down-to-earth
wave to earth’s shorter EPs focus on themes linked to nature and the elements, with the songs within each album often resembling a series of paintings. The evocative quality of their lyricism and sound always paints a picture or a scene in your mind when you listen to it! Their previous two EPs, ‘wave 0.01’ and ‘summer flows 0.02’ were themed around fire and water respectively. ‘wave 0.01’ expresses entering the world with a burning sense of curiosity. Songs like ‘gold’ and ‘bird’ about finding one’s place in the world express this desire to find oneself and were a bold and glowing introduction to wave to earth. ‘summer flows 0.02,’ then, takes on a more contemplative theme as it reflects on the waves of life while floating through the sea. After this, I see ‘play with earth! 0.03’ as sharing two earthly themes. The first is about remaining down-to-earth , while the second is about coming back to earth after burning out in search of something more. In all, it’s about grounding on...