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Jan 11, 2026

In the Bleak

from I Scream Sunday

January and February tend to feel disproportionately long after the lights and anticipation of the winter holidays. But there is beauty in the bleakness, too — the quiet and stillness a good reminder that we can slow down for a while, and look inward. Today we feature a variety of artists from the RadioSpiral library: Sydalesis: “Bleak Landscape” (Living Machine) Altus: “Winter Embrace – Part II” (Winter Embrace (15th Anniversary Edition) George L Smyth: “The Heavy Winter Sun Appears” (Haiku Music – Volume 2) Cousin Silas: “The Stream Never Froze In Winter” (Festive) Lily Pond Orchestra: “Winter Stars Over Lily Pond” (Soft Observations) Christopher Short – Guitartronics: “Step Into the Light” (Winter Soundscapes 2014) grum~pe: “A Bleak Outlook” (Guided Apophenia) Jack Hertz: “Winter Breeze” (Compilated) Erik Wøllo: “Winter Tide, Part 2” (Winter Tide / Live at SoundQuest Fest 2021) Altocumulus: “Gothick Winter” (Unreleased) playman54: “Shadow Tracks of Ghostly Snow Beast” (Reflections of Winter Landscapes) Jack Hertz & Wolfgang Gsell: “A Cold Winter’s Light” (Sleeping Trees On Earth)

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