A piano-driven gorgeousness emanates throughout “Window Rain,” the brand new monitor from Arlington-based artist Martin Graff. Citing inspirations like Claude Debussy, Keith Jarret, and Liz Story, Graff emphasizes each gripping structural shifts and a blissfully atmospheric introspection on this standout single — embracing a rainy-day feeling within the piano’s resemblance to “waterdrops on glass throughout a thunderstorm.”
Along with the gripping songwriting, “Window Rain” is bolstered by the incorporation of a timeless-sounding piano. Recorded at Blue Home Productions in Kensington, Maryland, “Window Rain” incorporates a 1978 Yamaha live performance grand, gutted and rebuilt from the within out; the result’s a richly satiating sound that matches aptly inside Graff’s soundscape-heavy manufacturing.
The piano tones unfold like a gently escalating rainstorm, traversing from higher-pitched and sporadic tones right into a steadier disposition with constant trickling. A dreamy piano-led composition reminds fondly of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s extra minimalist neo-classical works, and “Window Rain” excels equally in its sense of grace and sweetness. Mild twinkling, like across the one-minute flip, ventures seamlessly into backing chordal layers. The culminating sound is serene but absolutely absorbing, leading to an intensive success from Martin Graff.
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The monitor can also be featured within the genre-based, best-of Spotify compilation Wet Days and Late Night time Drives.
We found this launch by way of MusoSoup, as a part of the artist’s promotional marketing campaign.