Sometimes when I buy a new album I play it but often halfway through a track will fast forward to the next track and so on just to get a quick feel for it. In Peter Brodericks case I found this quite difficult as it’s so diverse and ever changing. The first track Games, starts with a multi layered choral track which is all Peter but leaves you wondering if you have picked up the correct Peter Broderick country folk album. However, by the second track, And it’s alright, you know you have. A lush hynotic track with just an acoustic guitar and Peters layered vocal before building to a song of absolute beauty, think Jose gonzalez and some Bon Iver mixed together and you are somewhere close. It carries on throughout mixing country folk with choral and classical sounds and I think it works perfectly.
Originally from Portland, Oregan he released his acclaimed debut and mainly instrumental album Float last year which is mainly piano led. A multi instrementalist who has worked with M Ward and Dolorean in the past he last year joined the Danish outfit Efterklang but in that time has found time to release this his new album, Home. I’m still divulging it and have listened to it only about half a dozen times but felt compelled to write a small piece here. Signed to the fantastic UK label Bella Union this is an album you must check out. Enjoy.
