Nils Frahm returns with his first fresh studio material since 2018’s ‘All Melody’ and 2019’s associated ‘All Encores’.
Containing ten tracks and clocking in at over three hours long, ‘Music For Animals’ is an ambitious and compelling set different to anything Frahm’s released to date – in fact, it finds the Piano Day founder declining to use a piano – but at the same time retains many of the qualities that have set the influential musician’s work apart over much of the last two decades.
‘Music For Animals’ is a substantial collection that encourages listeners to bask in its tranquillity at their chosen depth, demanding only as much attention as they wish to contribute. As Frahm himself happily points out, “It all comes back to that waterfall. If you want to watch it, watch it. If you don’t, then you don’t have to. It will always be the same, yet never quite the same.” Indeed, that’s Music For Animals’ greatest strength. Instantly recognisable, it’s still like nothing else.