NEW RELEASE: Postal - cover of Piano Magic for 4ADs anniversary

4AD is marking their 40th anniversary as a record label with the release of the covers compilation Bills & Aches & Blues. Today our contribution - a cover of Piano Magic’s ‘Postal’ from their album Writers Without Homes (4AD, 2002) - is released digitally! Stream here.

The full compilation is out 2nd April digitally and 23rd July on vinyl and CD.  You can hear all released tracks and pre-order/pre-save the record here.

Casper says:
Summer 2002 I went on a family holiday to south of France, on that trip I picked up 3 albums from FNAC; Lamb ‘What Sound’, Múm 'Finally We Are No One’, and Piano Magic ‘Writers Without Homes’. All 3 albums became a major influence for the first Efterklang music and especially for our first release ever; 'Springer’ (2003). I’m forever grateful they entered my life and how they inspired me. It’s such an honor and a beautiful orbital return to be able to cover and celebrate Piano Magic’s song ‘Postal’ for 4AD's 40th anniversary release. Happy birthday 4AD and thank you Piano Magic!

The first 12 months’ profits from Bills & Aches & Blues will be donated to The Harmony Project, a Los Angeles-based after-school programme for children from communities and schools that lack equitable access to studying the arts or music.

By coincidence Piano Magic is soon to release their Writers Without Homes album on vinyl for the first time. You can pre-order it here. The album is notable not only for featuring the first recording in 30 years by long-lost "freak folk" doyenne, Vashti Bunyan but also an early appearance by John Grant.

Here is the cover artwork for Writers Without Homes:

CREDITS:

Original composition and track by Piano Magic.

Efterklang’s cover is Produced by Efterklang , mixed by Mads Brauer and mastered by Heba Kadry.

Vocoder, programming: Mads Brauer
Vocal, guitar: Casper Clausen
Bass: Rasmus Stolberg
Violin: Runs Tonsgaard Sørensen