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Writers Without Homes

~ Piano Magic
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  • Audio CD (10 Jun 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: 4ad
  • ASIN: B00006642R
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 138,516 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
If nothing else, London-based collective Piano Magic are to be applauded for the enthusiasm with which they have embraced the traditions of their label. Writers Without Homes is almost a parody of the stereotypical 4AD album: the luxuriantly abstract sleeve art, the utterly incomprehensible sleeve notes, the guest appearances by constituent musicians by bands unlikely ever to feature in the running order of Top of the Pops (Tram, Life Without Buildings, George, Le Volume Courbe). It's like This Mortal Coil never shuffled off.

All of which is, obviously, absolutely no problem. Writers Without Homes is a lovely album, diligently assembled by intelligent and passionate people serenely untroubled by the fact that nobody at all will buy it. The music is gloomy but lulling electronica, often evocative of Cocteau Twins (the Cocteaus' Simon Raymonde plays piano on three tracks). The vocals tend toward Leonard Cohen or Ian Curtis-ish monotones (the males) or Mary Margaret O'Hara/Jane Siberry-esque ethereal whooping (the females). It also includes, in "(Music Won't Save You From Anything But) Silence", possibly the greatest song title of all time.

Writers Without Homes is a wholly laudable act of defiant dilettantism, of the sort that only 4AD would even consider releasing. If nothing else, it should be bought to encourage more of this kind of thing. --Andrew Mueller

CD Description
4th full length studio album from this loose collective based around Glen Johnson. On this album he has collaborated with Alasdair Steer, Simon Raymonde of the Cocteau Twins and the Spanish film director Bigas Lunas. Piano Magic previouslyworked with Lunas on the soundtrack for his film 'Son De Mar'.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A treasure of dream soaked images, 11 Jun 2002
Piano Magic make music evocative of dreams. Glen Johnson's loose collective of musicians maintain their constant state of flux on this their latest long-player. Like their predecessors This Mortal Coil, Piano Magic's ever changing roster of guest musicians gives each album track its own unique charm. For the uninitiated the band's sound supplies the perfect accompaniment to any art house movie. Pieces combine surreal lyrics, often spoken, over beautiful collages of chiming guitars, Satie-like piano melodies and all manner of found sounds and vintage electronica. Piano Magic's mesmerising, often chilling, music conjures up a treasure of dream soaked images.

All the album tracks are wonderful and beyond categorisation. Highlights include Modern Jupiter with vocals by Ronald Lippock of Tarwater, The Season is Long sung by The Czars' John Grant and Already Ghosts featuring Tram's Paul Andersen. The album's gem though, for me, has to be Shot Through the Fog with Piano Magic regular Caroline Potter's spoken words falling like snow on Cocteau Twin Simon Raymonde's haunting piano.

For those music lovers who cherish music that pushes the boundaries of convention Piano Magic's music offers the ideal soundtrack to this uncertain world...but don't expect it to save you from anything but silence.

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1.0 out of 5 stars bleak, repetitive, dismal rubbish, 17 Dec 2002
I cannot believe the other reviews. I found this incredibly depressing music that could induce severe melancholia. This album goes right downhill after the almost rousing opener "(Music wont save you from anything but) Silence". I mean, with a title like that you should know what you're letting yourself in for.
I genuinely felt like smashing up my stereo when Dutch Housing came on - totally unlistenable, very repetitive, in fact the whole album is horribly repetitive. ....Silence may have been an ok song if it had finished around the 3 minute mark, but it's padded out to some 6 minutes.
I bought this album after getting the great Seasonally Affective compilation - what a mistake. I dont think it's just me, I saw 3 copies in the racks of my local 2nd hand music store.
Avoid.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Something for the sensitive heart, 9 Sep 2008
This album served as my introduction to Piano Magic and after some initial difficulty I found it to be very lovely. There are some areas of experimentation within it (Dutch Housing is beyond me), but on the whole nothing too drastic, lots of still winter sounds and hushed vocals. I particularly love the Vashti Bunyan sung "Crown of the Lost" (apparently her first recording since 1970), a truly beautiful gem.

It is a rather eclectic and quixotic mix, apparently much more so than their other albums, but those with an adventurous ear and a sensitive heart will find much to enjoy and hold close.
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