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Small World
Pop · 2022 · 9 tracks · 34m

Small World

Metronomy

A pivot toward pastoral, piano-led arrangements and organic warmth. Metronomy swaps the dancefloor for the garden, trading neon synths for felted hammers.

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It's like Metronomy went to the countryside and traded their drum machines for a really nice upright piano.

A gentle, sun-dappled reflection on finding peace in the small things while the world feels uncertain.

Small World · vs · Metronomy
Piano+4.0σ

The instrumentation foregrounds piano far more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks · 34m
01
Life and Death
3:00
02
Things will be fine
3:30
03
It’s good to be back
3:53
04
Loneliness on the run
3:39
05
Love Factory
5:03
06
I lost my mind
5:05
07
Right on time
3:44
08
Hold me tonight
3:31
09
I have seen enough
3:32
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the somber piano opening of Life and Death into the surprisingly upbeat optimism of Things will be fine.
The way the rhythmic acoustic guitar strumming anchors the breezy, nostalgic synth hook on It’s good to be back.
The vulnerable, high-register vocal delivery on I have seen enough that feels like a quiet exhale at the end of the record.
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