On 'Romantic Piano,' Gia Margaret (gia_margaret) creates a soundscape of pianos and field recordings that capture the fleeting, sometimes-overlooked beauty of our immediate surroundings. Read yogurttowne's review:
I am a purveyor of many musical tapestries, but none move me at a consistent clip quite like the corners where instrumental and ambient compositions hangout. It’s not the schematics of twinkling, airy movements or the wordless beauty curdled into natural textures that set me adrift; it’s the idea that something so against-the-grain of modern musicality—especially two-minutes of a few notes interchanging atop atmospheric backing loops—can give you a brand new language to face your next day with.
The album opens with “Hinoki Wood,” a serene stroke of repetition and layering. A single note hums in the background, as Margaret’s piano chords form a progression as restrained as a television commercial jingle. It’s upbeat—as much as a sub-two-minute song can be—but what’s wonderful about “Hinoki Wood” is that you can hear the creaks of Margaret’s ivories as she presses them.
No song lingers around too much for its own good. A tune like “Sitting at the Piano” leaves as quickly as it arrives, while Margaret plays her notes to the tune of some birds chirping nearby. There are small breaths she lets out, all of which are so faint that you might miss them if you’re not wearing headphones. The track blends immediately into “Guitar Piece,” which is not as much a brevity as its predecessor. Thoughis titled the way it is, the album is not limited compositionally.
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