{"id":20097,"date":"2023-03-28T13:18:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T12:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=20097"},"modified":"2023-04-22T16:10:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T15:10:16","slug":"penguin-cafe-celebrate-piano-day-with-new-single-second-variety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=20097","title":{"rendered":"Penguin Cafe celebrate Piano Day with new single ‘Second Variety’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Alex Kozobolis<\/p><\/div>\n

Piano Day is celebrated tomorrow, the 88th day of the year, shining<\/span> the spotlight on all things piano. Penguin Cafe<\/a> are partaking in the celebrations with a gorgeous new single called ‘Second Variety’. Of the track, Arthur Jeffes comments:<\/p>\n

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“This piece came about in Italy where we\u2019ve been staying quite a lot over the last few years. Time passes differently there \u2013 with this sense of endlessly repeating days and a kind of wistfulness stemming from knowing that tomorrow will be the same as yesterday. There is a kind of peace in that, but also a feeling of time slipping through one\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n

One day a musical friend from further North, Alessandro \u2018Asso\u2019 Stefana (who has worked with Mike Patton, PJ Harvey and Calexico), took advantage of a break between projects to come and visit. He brought lots of pedals and a lap steel, and we just tried things out. I ended up with a fairly sparse mix, as it captures the feeling of those days most clearly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

‘Second Variety’ is released through Erased Tapes<\/a> and you can listen to it below.<\/p>\n