DARREN HAYMAN - THE SHIP'S PIANO (LP)

Darren Hayman The Ship's Piano on LP

The Ship's Piano is an 11-song album of subtle, drifting piano ballads written by Darren Hayman while he was recuperating from a fractured skull after being mugged.

“In November 2009, I had this thing happen to me, where I ended up in hospital with a fractured skull. For a few months I felt constantly dizzy and was diagnosed with some deafness in one ear. Sharp, loud noises bothered me greatly. I was told to rest and do nothing; but who knows how to do that? Music always helps when I’m ill, so I started to make the simplest, quietest music to help me recuperate. I avoided any jagged edges. I kept imagining the sounds I wanted as round and smooth, like well-worn pebbles. Lyrically, I also found myself eschewing conceptual and metaphoric character-led songs. I started to write the simplest and most direct words in the first person, something I have avoided for a few years." - Darren Hayman

Darren Hayman The Ship's Piano Track Listing:

1.  I Taught You How To Dance
2.  Old House
3.  Cuckoo
4.  It’s Easy To Hang With You
5.  Know Your Place
6.  Take A Breather
7.  Clown Sky
8.  No Children
9.  Oh Josephine
10. Think It Through
11. The Ship’s Piano