Gia Margaret Announces New Album ‘Romantic Piano’, Shares Video for New Single

    Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist Gia Margaret has announced a new album called Romantic Piano. The follow-up to her 2020 self-titled LP will arrive on May 26 via the musician’s new label home, Jagjaguwar. Lead single ‘Hinoki Wood’ is accompanied by a stop motion video that features clay animation by Gaia Alari. Check it out and find the album artwork and tracklist below.

    Speaking about the new track, Margaret said in a statement: “‘Hinoki Wood’ feels like it was made with colors I haven’t used. (And I happened to be burning Hinoki incense when I recorded it.) Hinoki aroma is known to reduce stress, tiredness and stimulate the brain. In a way, I wanted these songs to do the same for myself/for the person listening.”

    Romantic Piano was written with a beginner’s mind,” Margaret explained. “For this collection, I thought: ‘What if I could clear my head of all the things I have learned about the piano? What would those songs sound like?’” She added, “I wanted to make music that was useful.”

    Romantic Piano Cover Artwork:

    Romantic Piano Tracklist:

    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 [feat. David Bazan]
    10. 2017
    11. April to April
    12. Cinnamon
    13. A Hidden Track (vinyl only)

    Konstantinos Pappis
    Konstantinos Pappis
    Konstantinos Pappis is a writer, journalist, and music editor at Our Culture. His work has also appeared in Pitchfork, GIGsoup, and other publications. He currently lives in Athens, Greece.

    Arts in one place.

    All our content is free to read; if you want to subscribe to our newsletter to keep up to date, click the button below.

    People are Reading