Carbon Leaf’s fifteenth studio album,Time is the Playgroundis both a call to action and anembrace of the moment. Marrying nostalgic storytelling to nuanced, folk-infused indie rock, theRichmond, Virginia band embroiders heartfelt melody and harmony with acoustic and electricinstrumentation to create a 12-song rumination on time, love and personal growth that’s equalparts urgent epiphany and contented exhalation.