Said and Done
A hammering piano motif first heard on The Bells, stretched to nearly ten minutes on Spaces.
Nils Frahm, from Spaces (2013)
- Written by
- Nils Frahm
- Released
- 2013
- Length
- 9:39
- Album
- Spaces
Said and Done first appeared on The Bells in 2009, where it runs 3:14. On Spaces it is the third track and lasts 9:39. Pitchfork's Nick Neyland named it the most impressive piece on the album, describing a hammering piano motif looping for most of its length while Frahm filters it through textures light and dark.
Neyland heard giddiness in it, the sound of a creator lost to his work, and noted that the occasional burst of audience noise is a reminder these are not studio takes. The motif returns in the long medley For / Peter / Toilet Brushes / More, which Neyland said brings back the strident piano of Said and Done.
More songs by Nils Frahm
Sources
- Nils Frahm: Spaces, Pitchfork (2014-01-23)
- The Bells, Discogs
- Spaces (Nils Frahm album), Wikipedia