Newington Quintet 1974 Returns With New 5-Song EP, ‘The Return’

Newington's 1974 releases a new EP, "The Return," in June.

Recent efforts by Newington band 1974 to fund a vinyl pressing of last year’s album “1974 & the Battle for the Lazer Fortress” didn’t pan out, but you can take solace in this: the group returns next month with a new 5-song EP, “The Return.”

The first three songs, “The Stirring,” “A Sickening Silence” and “Jubilation,” are part of a prog mini-epic, before 1974 veers into what it describes as the “pop sensibilities” of “Walk in Place” and the “indie-folk intensity” of closer “The Outline.”

The band plays a CD release party June 9 at Zen Bar in Farmington, a show that will feature all five songs from the EP, and a performance in its entirety of “1974 & the Battle for the Lazer Fortress.” Various Seagulls and Little Ugly open.

The cost is $10, which includes your very own copy of “The Return.”