Romantic Piano Gia Margaret SKU: 23.00 26.00 £23.00 - £26.00 £23.00 - £26.00 Genre: Downtempo Label: Jagjaguwar Released Date: 26th May 2023 Buying Format: 1LP 1LP Coloured Vinyl Buying Options Choose an option1LP1LP Coloured VinylClear Romantic Piano quantity Add to basket ReserveBack Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info At first, Gia Margaret called her new album ‘Romantic Piano’ to be a bit cheeky. Its spare, gentle piano works share more spirit with Erik Satie, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guébrou and the ‘Marginalia’ releases of Masakatsu Takagi than they do with, say, a cosy and candlelit date night. But in that cheekiness lies hidden intention: across the gorgeous set, ‘Romantic’ is suggested in a more classic sense, what the Germans call ‘waldeinsamkeit’. Its compositions conjure the sublime themes of the Romantic poets: solitude in nature; nature’s ability to heal and to teach; a sense of contented melancholy. “I wanted to make music that was useful,” says Margaret, vastly understating the power of the record. ‘Romantic Piano’ is curious, calming, patient and incredibly moving – but it doesn’t overstay its welcome for more than a second. Margaret’s debut, ‘There’s Always Glimmer’, was a lyrical wonder, but when an illness on tour left her unable to sing, she made her ambient album ‘Mia Gargaret’ (another cheeky title) which revealed a keen intuition for arrangement and composition not fully shown on ‘There’s Always Glimmer’’s lyrical songs. ‘Romantic Piano’, too, is almost totally without words. “Writing instrumental music, in general, is a much more joyful process than I find in lyrical songwriting,” she says. “The process ultimately effects my songwriting.” And while Margaret has more songwriterly material on the way, ‘Romantic Piano’ solidifies her as a compositional force. Originally pursing a degree in composition, Margaret dropped out of music school halfway through. “I really didn’t want to play in an orchestra,” she said of her decision, “I really just wanted to write movie scores. Then, I started to focus more and more on being a songwriter. ‘Romantic Piano’ scratched an old itch.” ‘Romantic Piano’ does indeed touch on a rare feeling in art often only reserved for the cinema – a simultaneous wide lens awe of existence and the post-language intimate inner monologue of being marooned in these skulls of ours. How very romantic. LP available on Seaglass Wave Translucent vinyl. Artist Gia Margaret Genre Downtempo Label Jagjaguwar Buying Options 1LP , 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Hinoki Wood Ways of Seeing Cicadas Juno A Stretch City Song Sitting at the Piano (0:30) Guitar Piece La langue de l’amitié (feat. David Bazan) 2017 April to April Cinnamon A Hidden Track Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Downtempo View Product Quick View François J. Bonnet & Stephen O'Malley Cylene II Downtempo | Drag City | 1LP Released 10th November 2023 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders François J. 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