Review: Piano Magic, "Speed the Road, Rush the Lights"
Well, I didn't expect this. Piano Magic convincingly rocks out with their cocks out on the title track and even throw in a little Frippy guitar wank on top of a thick bed of keyboards and the result is something decidedly un-Piano Magic-like. Glen manages to sing well throughout. Resistant fans will hate it beyond words, but if you try to forget that this is Piano Magic, it's really enjoyable. The second track is a piece of instrumental guitar picking, typically pretty. The third track is a bluesy prog pastiche with nods to Dagmar Krause and Van Der Graaf Generator. Compared to their last single, the tepid "I came to your party dressed as a shadow," this is a piece of sonic brilliance. Compared to "Popular Mechanics" and "A Trick of the Sea" it's a totally different band.

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