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Cover of Piano on the Porch

EP · 2022

Piano on the Porch

by Ruby Delacroix

Fresh starts and unfinished business: a rooftop kettle, a piano on a porch, and the things left hanging on the wall.

Tracks

  1. 1. Rooftop Kettle, Sunrise Over the Laundry LinesUp the stairs before the sun with a kettle in my hand. We recorded this one at dawn and I could hear birds on the tape.jazz-pop, morning ballad3:12
  2. 2. Packing Boxes, Piano on the PorchBoxes to the door and a piano on the porch, waiting to be let in. Moving house is mostly just hope with a deposit.hopeful ballad, church-hall piano3:04
  3. 3. I Said I'd Be There by NineI said I'd be there by nine and the rain said otherwise. Every promise I've broken has a weather report attached.torch song, rainy-day jazz3:54
  4. 4. The Piano Waited for the BandThe piano waited for the band, lid closed, dust on its hands. It's a song about patience, which is the only skill I've really got.swing, nostalgic jazz3:00
  5. 5. The Guitar I Never Learned to PlayHe left it on the wall and I never learned. I still dust it on Sundays.torch song, parlour ballad4:10
  6. 6. We Drifted Like Two Boats, My FriendWe used to talk until half past two about nothing and everything. I closed the EP here because friendships drift just as quietly as love does.friendship ballad, late-night3:42

Liner notes

These six came out of a year of moving house and leaving things behind. The piano sat on my porch for a month before anyone could get it through the door, so I wrote it a song. Not everything here is hopeful, but all of it was recorded with the sun coming up, which I'd never done before, and it shows.

Ruby Delacroix