The Sand Rays is the new project of The Infant Cycle's Jim DeJong. Using parts of a new, unused film score, the sounds emanate from an assortment of instruments and sound makers including carved runout grooves, bass guitar, bird cages, shortwave radio, and more, cooked into a choppy stew of drones and mood. This also brings together the rare first four EPs over eight interlocking tracks. Play it straight through, or random, or repeat. The cover photo reflects its contents. Up close, a pretty photo of sumac, but pulls back to reveal a more troubled location. This location was outside DeJong's old studio, a brownfield too toxic for people, but a safe place for the vegetation to flourish. Ltd x 300 copies in a digisleeve.