"A band confident with seemingly limitless quality craftsmanship and recurrent reinvention." -- Delusions of Adequacy "Stealthy witching hour atmospherics are utterly overwhelming." -- Uncut "Splendidly ethereal." -- Brainwashed Part-Monster, Piano Magic's seventh "proper" album, easily lives up to its title. Though Piano Magic is generally tarred with the...(展开全部) "A band confident with seemingly limitless quality craftsmanship and recurrent reinvention." -- Delusions of Adequacy "Stealthy witching hour atmospherics are utterly overwhelming." -- Uncut "Splendidly ethereal." -- Brainwashed Part-Monster, Piano Magic's seventh "proper" album, easily lives up to its title. Though Piano Magic is generally tarred with the brushes of "ambient," "coldwave," or even "ghost rock," Part-Monster has its fill of all-out, near-brutal dynamic intensity. Indeed, anyone who's witnessed PM live over the past two years will testify that the shadowy introspection of the group's records is camouflage for a beast of many teeth. Bringing in Guy Fixsen of Laika as producer clearly marked the band's intention for a more raw, powerful sound, as Fixsen has taken the production and/or engineer chair for such luminaries as The Pixies, Moonshake, The Breeders, Joy Zipper, Stereolab, Lush, and most notably, My Bloody Valentine's Loveless. That's not to say that Piano Magic has entirely turned the amps up to eleven. Part-Monster gracefully balances cathartic noise with romantic paeans to the band's favorite subject--the cruel, tragic side of London and the city's most graceful outcast, Joseph Carey Merrick (The Elephant Man). In its tenth year of existence, Piano Magic can look back on a varied and accomplished discography most bands wouldn't manage in a lifetime of trying. Records for 4AD, Darla, Morr Music, Important, and many more mark the band's way, in addition to the soundtrack to Bigas Luna's Son De Mar (2001) and performances at some of the biggest festivals in Europe (Benicassim, Primavera, BAM).
曲目
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1. England's Always Better (As You're Pulling Away) 2. The Last Engineer 3. Saints Preserve Us 4. Cities & Factories 5. Great Escapes 6. Soldier Song 7. Halfway Through 8. The King Cannot Be Found 9. Incurable 10. Part Monster
0 有用 Mika 2009-01-07 14:34:04
已删
0 有用 子文小偶 2008-11-12 21:29:23
piano magic
0 有用 痴人 2009-01-05 14:48:11
狈王所钟爱的。我只爱专辑中的女声。
0 有用 貘睫 2007-08-21 08:57:30
最爱PIANO MAGIC
0 有用 ཡན་ཤིང་ཡུའུ་ 2015-03-07 18:51:21
England's Always Better England's Always Better England's Always Better
0 有用 wwei 2007-05-26 15:20:58
没什么特点 太平淡了
0 有用 撒旦的表妹 2013-05-05 16:06:22
3.5
0 有用 子文小偶 2008-11-12 21:29:23
piano magic
0 有用 Cyder 2008-07-31 23:01:48
适合在夜里听
0 有用 mu 2010-11-06 13:51:50
算是转型之作,后摇编曲里流露出强烈的新浪潮风格,节奏较之前快很多,又极为不安。虽然流行味(时下后摇也算是流行乐了)重了不少,整体水平还是可以的。