Gia Margaret presents lead single “Hinoki Wood” from her forthcoming album

Accompanied by a claymation video courtesy of Gaia Alari.

Speaking of the song, Margaret states: "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.”

Margaret’s debut – 2019’s There’s Always Glimmer – was filled with lyrics, but when an illness on tour left her unable to sing, she made Mia Gargaret, her ambient album which revealed a keen intuition for arrangement and composition.

Romantic Piano, is almost totally without words. “Writing instrumental music, in general, is a much more joyful process than I find in lyrical songwriting,” she says. “The process ultimately affects my songwriting.”

The album continues along the wordless trajectory of its predecessor and marks Margaret’s debut on her new label home, Jagjaguwar. “Romantic Piano was written with a beginner's mind,” Margaret says. “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?’”

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)