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81

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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the 12th and final release for the British collective led by Glen Johnson.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Mojo
    Jan 12, 2017
    80
    Closure is more substantial than that implies, carrying on the more direct approach of 2005's Disaffected. [Feb 2017, p.95]
  2. Jan 12, 2017
    80
    It’s Johnson’s voice that takes centre stage, however (clear, plaintive and inviting, as though the ghost of Grant McLennan had dropped by to give some pointers), and as he explores the concept of closure through relationship breakdowns--painting the very notion as mythical, unattainable--you ponder why the time is apparently right for Piano Magic to call it quits.
  3. Feb 2, 2017
    80
    A somber experience to the very end then, Piano Magic’s message--and sound--remains unsettling for the uninitiated. But there’s always warmth there, and when lounged in for long enough, it puts the chills to bed with some finality.
  4. 80
    Closure is undoubtedly a reliably contrarian, brutally honest and uncompromisingly human album for a great band to--at least try--calling it quits on.
  5. Uncut
    Jan 12, 2017
    80
    A characteristically indefinable collection guaranteed to please their larger continental fanbase. [Feb 2017, p.35]
  6. The Wire
    Jan 27, 2017
    80
    [A] finely crafted and very songwriterly affair (with echoes of Talk Talk, The Auteurs and Roy Harper). [Jan 2017, p.74]
  7. Jan 24, 2017
    70
    This record works as an apt elegy to the band, and despite never again managing to reach the high-water mark Piano Magic achieved with Low Birth Weight, Closure remains a fine final flourish.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Jun 4, 2017
    10
    Closure is a truly fantastic album. I have been following Piano Magic's career for many years now, and I can say Closure is one of their bestClosure is a truly fantastic album. I have been following Piano Magic's career for many years now, and I can say Closure is one of their best albums. As other reviews say, the songs and themes are honest, direct, powerful. Naturally, this being their last album and being titled 'closure' gives the idea that the main themes are closing cycles, ending relationships. For me It is a bittersweet goodbye, I am sad to know this is the last PM music I will be able to enjoy, but I am glad they ended with such a magnificent piece of work. Expand