{"product_id":"gia-margaret-romantic-piano-seaglass-wave-translucent","title":"Gia Margaret- Romantic Piano - Seaglass Wave Translucent ( Vinyl )","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt first, Gia Margaret called her new album 'Romantic Piano' to be a bit cheeky. It's 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 cozy 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. It's 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.\r\n\r\n\"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 it's welcome for more than a second.\r\n\r\nMargaret'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.\r\n\r\nOriginally 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!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHinoki Wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ways of Seeing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cicadas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Juno\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Stretch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e City Song\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sitting at the Piano\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Guitar Piece\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e La Langue de L'amitié\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2017\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e April to April\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cinnamon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Hidden Track\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jagjaguwar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57416404402511,"sku":"656605244839","price":4.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/8725\/2047\/files\/4199096-2962626.jpg?v=1775560282","url":"https:\/\/vibesvinyl.com\/products\/gia-margaret-romantic-piano-seaglass-wave-translucent","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}