Margaret, Gia - Romantic Piano (Limited Hinoki Cypress Coloured Vinyl)

Gia Margaret - Romantic Piano (Limited Hinoki Cypress Coloured Vinyl)

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 candle lit 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.

Tracklisting:

1. Hinoki Wood
2. Ways of Seeing
3. Cicadas
4. Juno
5. A Stretch
6. City Song
7. Sitting at the Piano
8. Guitar Piece
9. La langue de l'amitié (Featuring David Bazan)
10. 2017
11. April to April
12. Cinnamon
13. A Hidden Track