Area has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 15 episodes and was first played on 13 December 2017.

Area was an Illinois-based dream pop band, formed in 1985 with a lineup of Steve Jones, Lynn Canfield, and Henry Frayne. After the band went on hiatus in 1990, Canfield and Frayne formed another band, Moon Seven Times. Frayne is currently in Lanterna, and Canfield has been a member of Shotgun Wedding. Four of the band's albums have been reissued by Projekt Records.