Delusions End
by Garreth Broke
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Sometimes there is no need to say a word about an album. The music says it all. Bravo!!!
Favorite track: An Unquestioned Answer.
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Streaming + DownloadIncludes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
including sheet music for A Common Ground, Portrait of an Absence and You Wanted A WaltzPurchasable with gift card€5 EUR or more
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumLimited edition run of 50 CDs combining 2020's Bartók Felt with 2021's Delusions End. A 4-page digifile package, complete with liner notes and beautiful artwork by Anna Salzmann.
Includes unlimited streaming of Delusions End via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.ships out within 3 daysedition of 50€10 EUR or more
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A Common Ground
02:10
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Beg To Differ
01:27
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An Unquestioned Answer
02:17
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You Wanted A Waltz
01:46
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Pivot
01:50
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Are You Even Listening?
01:49
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Portrait of an Absence
02:05
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Is This All There Is?
02:22
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9. |
Letting Go
01:43
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about
I wrote Delusions End over the course of about 2 weeks in autumn 2020. At the time a couple of my most valued friendships were falling apart and there was a sense that the world seemed on the brink of breakdown. At the time I really wanted to write something optimistic — I really wanted to feel optimistic — but it was never convincing. My writers block only ended when I abandoned optimism, at which point the album appeared almost by itself. In December I realised the titles I had chosen for each track were wrong, too positive, so I rewrote them. Shortly afterwards I decided not to release it at all but was later persuaded to change my mind.
Several months later I still don’t really know how to talk about it. Many of the typical clichés of felted piano albums are there but upended, turned on their head. At times it’s fragmentary, dissonant, sometimes messy. Motifs are established then abandoned without warning, chord progressions are disrupted, dissonances abruptly penetrate. My record label memorably described it to me as “almost sinister” and they’re not wrong. Even when it’s calm there’s a sense that the whole thing could fall apart at any moment. Weirdly, I kinda like it.
Several months later I still don’t really know how to talk about it. Many of the typical clichés of felted piano albums are there but upended, turned on their head. At times it’s fragmentary, dissonant, sometimes messy. Motifs are established then abandoned without warning, chord progressions are disrupted, dissonances abruptly penetrate. My record label memorably described it to me as “almost sinister” and they’re not wrong. Even when it’s calm there’s a sense that the whole thing could fall apart at any moment. Weirdly, I kinda like it.
credits
released March 12, 2021
Artwork: Anna Salzmann
Music: Garreth Brooke
Mastering: Wil Bolton
Thanks: David Wenngren, Jim Perkins, Madeleine Cocolas, Matt Stewart-Evans, Catherine Stephen, Simeon Walker, Marie Awadis, my Patreon patrons
Artwork: Anna Salzmann
Music: Garreth Brooke
Mastering: Wil Bolton
Thanks: David Wenngren, Jim Perkins, Madeleine Cocolas, Matt Stewart-Evans, Catherine Stephen, Simeon Walker, Marie Awadis, my Patreon patrons
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Garreth Broke Frankfurt, Germany
"a sensitive and profound artist" — PianoDao
"Lovely... genuinely uplifting…" — Stationary Travels
"It's got a peculiar kind of nostalgic charm" — Elizabeth Alker, BBC Radio 3
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