Local singer/songwriter Emma Geiger stopped by Live and Local this week, following the release of her new EP “Reverse Bloom.”

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Geiger recorded “Reverse Bloom” at Betty’s, the Chapel Hill studio owned by Sylvan Esso – a band she says she’s loved since her college days. The EP came out in April, but Geiger actually wrote and recorded the songs back in 2022.

“They feel a bit like a time capsule of that moment,” she says. “But I’m glad to have a record of that time – any record of anything, I think, is useful to reflect upon. And it’s also nice to notice the way that songs’ meanings can change and take on a new significance.”

The title track, for instance: Geiger says she originally wrote “Reverse Bloom” about a friendship that was ending, but today she says the song hits her more positively. “It just has a lot of hope in it,” she says. “Things can be lost, but you can find ways to find hope and brightness again…I see it as cosmic, too: the bloom of life, of existence, and how time is non-linear, so things can ‘bloom’ in either direction.”

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Geiger is playing at the Cave on West Franklin Street this Wednesday, May 15, at 9 p.m. along with Riggings and Minor Moon. After that, she’ll be in Winston-Salem on May 22, playing at Fair Witness.

Emma Geiger stopped by Live & Local to chat about the album and perform three songs live: “All Your Words,” “Reverse Bloom,” and “Invite You.” Listen:

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