I recently discovered Aficionado. They’re a seven-piece hailing from upstate New York and are signed to No Sleep Records. Personally I hear influences and hints of bands like At the Drive In, Gatsbys American Dream, Kay Kay And His Weathered Underground, Circa Survive, RX Bandits, Cursive and The Hold Steady. They mix in flutes, organs and various other horn lines to create a unique blend of great music. They also mix in multiple vocal lines asidfe from the obvious background vocals, including two lead parts on some songs, one male and one female.
When It Comes To Creation is their first physical release, at least that I’m aware of, and it was only released on vinyl. It does however, come with a download code. The EP was pressed as one-sided 12″, limited to 500 copies on clear vinyl. The b-side, which is does not contain music, is not exactly blank. The b-side of the record is silk-screened in blue ink with the artwork found along the top of the cover scattered across the entire circumference of the record.
This is actually the first record in my collection that has anything on the actual record silk-screened. I have plenty of silk-screened jackets and even inserts, but until now not even a portion of a single actual record.
Stitches and Grooves 