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Once a friend of mine said to me: "Is there anything more romantic than sadness?" I completely disagreed with him. Perhaps because he meant despair, due to a negative and significant event, such as the end of a love. In that case, you find yourself laughing, crying, screaming, and sleeping within the span of an hour. Appetite is lacking, a thousand thoughts and philosophies tear your brain apart.
Yes, very romantic, but by sadness I mean something else... Sadness doesn't shatter your brain like a tidal wave, but it sneaks inside like a parasite, a leech that slowly, slowly, slowly sucks your life force. You don't know where it came from, why it came, WHEN it came, and most importantly, you don't know if one day it will tire of you and leave. Precisely for this last reason, you pull out your best card, a characteristic of humans in general: the ability to adapt.
Therefore, you learn to live with it, to recognize its presence and to accept it. No emotional peaks, neither highs nor lows... Long walks where your thoughts start from something silly (a door slamming) and end up at something absurd, passing through many kilometers of shores and gray meanderings.
Sadness dulls you in waves, gives you headaches, but never the urge to scream, to vent, there's no need for it.
Sadness is watching the road with passing cars, sitting on a wall, without saying "I cannot do this, I must move, act, fight." There's no need, you've adapted. Perhaps you need to have the predisposition, there are those who will never go through it.
Melancholy is something else, it's a memory from the past that strikes your head.
Sadness has no reason to be there, but it makes you glad that it's time to go to bed, with your thousand ghosts under the blankets.
Meanwhile, the Piano Magic CD has ended... I hope one day you'll leave my memories, I hope to forget you, but it will be difficult.
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The review explores a distinct type of sadness embodied by Piano Magic's album, describing it as a quiet, creeping force rather than overwhelming despair. It reflects on emotional adaptation and the subtle melancholic atmosphere evoked by the music. The reviewer connects the mood of the album to personal feelings and the slow absorption of sadness into daily life. Overall, the album is seen as evocative and profound, resonating deeply on an emotional level.Tracklist Videos
Piano Magic
Piano Magic is a British collective formed in London in 1996, helmed by Glen Johnson. Across shifting line-ups, they fused post-rock, dream pop, dark wave, and electronics, releasing acclaimed albums for labels including 4AD and Rocket Girl. The group concluded with the 2017 album Closure.06 Reviews
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