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Player Piano is a vessel of the innerworkings of a man from the new country, who now lives in the old country. It is me, Jeremy Radway. I'd like to think if Sly Stone and David Bowie had co-hosted a late-night talk show (IMAGINE!!!), Player Piano would be the house band. Not because it particularly sounds like either, but because PP would so love to be in the same room with those cats, if only to absorb some magic.

Whatelse?

Just did a session with Vic Galloway (on Marc Riley's show) on 6 music:

Have a LISTEN.

aaaaaannnndd...

The Into The Dark EP:

It is now available for order from the FENCE WEBSITE, and is NOW SHIPPING!!!. Alternatively you can come along to a show and buy it from us in person...Its got 4 tracks on the the vinyl (which is a double gate-fold 7), one on each side. You can buy the vinyl (which comes with a CD with a bonus track) or you can just buy the CD if you've moved on from such esoteric technology as phonograph records. It all has beautiful artwork by CHRISTIAN WARD. i'm real proud of this, a few folks in particular have kindly lent a hand for little or no money---namely Tom Pigott-Smith (a couple of string arrangments and production), Christian Ward, the font-master Tommy Perman (from FOUND), and of course JOHNNY at Fence.

Speaking of FOUND, heres a great PODCAST that tommy and radio magnetic did of a gig last june at stereo in glasgow---it was us with The Pictish Trail and Come In Tokyo. There's footage of the gig and interviews with each band---really good!!!

So sold at that gig there was a 7 I did with our pals Come In Tokyo on good ol' Fence Records, and it looks something like this:

and you can buy it HERE

and there's a nifty review of it HERE. (but disregard their take on the CIT side, its bad-ass!) And remember: "Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below. And the answer to what's next depends on people like you." -Mr. Chomsky

Love, J.

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"BREAKING ACT", The Sunday Times:

"In most instances, a debut release’s appeal is down to a certain tentativeness and innocence — great potential, as yet only partly fulfilled. In Player Piano’s case, however, it is the completeness, the fully realised grandeur of Radway’s first EP, Into the Dark, that so impresses. Evoking solo-Lennon string arrangements, the unfettered creativity of early Bowie and the Walker Brothers, and the vocal plangency of Chris Martin and Rufus Wainwright, it tugs at the heartstrings and ensnares you with the scope of its ambition."

"TRACK OF THE DAY", Q Magazine Online:

"'Julia, don't go near that boy/ Use a great big caution, use a great big lie' From the opening lines of Mad Dog, the Player Piano sound is familiar but not immediately easy to pin down.

Vocally, former Indiana native (now London-based) Jeremy Radway sounds like a more lazily delivered, more articulate, Julian Casablancas crossed with the baritone depth of John Grant from The Czars.

Instrument-wise by the time the piano flourishes kick in on Mad Dog there's reminders of Ben Folds (Whatever And Ever, Amen period) and vocal harmonies/arrangements that might not sound out of place on an Ed Harcourt album.

All of these references might give you some idea or just serve to confuse, but they do illustrate the mercurial melting pot of Player Piano. As I'm writing this I'm now thinking Beck as well - probably best to just have a listen and decide for yourself..."

---Q Magazine Online

"However he dresses his tunes, Radway’s innate pop sensibilities and deadpan showmanship make for hugely entertaining viewing, like Eels or Ben Folds, only with better tunes."

- Doug Johnstone - The List

"Indiana bred/ London based Jeremy Radway – he who plays piano – is remarkable. Bearing by no means unflattering resemblance to Mark Oliver 'E' Everett and Ed Harcourt, Radway combines their effortless songcraft with the sheen of Jon Brion."

- Padraic Halpin - Raggedwords.com

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