There are days when you just don't want to get out of bed, but go back under the covers and continue the interrupted dream, perhaps changing the ending so as not to disappoint our more or less conscious expectations.
For me, listening to an album like "The Troubled Sleep Of Piano Magic" means exactly this in the language of my emotional vocabulary. As always, providing musical coordinates seems to me an imposition that risks trivializing the subject by trapping it within a rigid framework that inevitably ends up influencing our expectations and our judgment.
At first glance, I can say that they remind me through sensitivity and lightness of the best productions from the 4AD catalog, the new-wave sounds of the unforgettable Cure, reminiscences of that seminal band known as My Bloody Valentine. Particularly the use of simple synth lines that lend an richness and dreamlike dimension to the compositions, fundamental ingredients for the music of Piano Magic.
The London-based band revolves around the figure of Glen Johnson, the true inspirer of the musical project. Since 1996, the year of the release of their first works, several line-ups have followed, and the group has experienced various artistic moments united by a common romanticism that emerges clearly. Listening to the music of Piano Magic, one is captivated by the ethereal and melancholic atmospheres, the spleen that permeates their songs.
I am reminded of the title of a novel by Kawabata Yasunari "Beauty and Sadness". Perhaps the title of this novel holds the keys to entering the world of the piano and capturing its magic.
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