Folk Singer Peter Broderick Announces New Album ‘http://www.itstartshear.com’
Tuesday, 06 December 2011
Written by Rob Sleigh
American folk musician and composer Peter Broderick has announced the release of his new solo album ‘http://www.itstartshear.com’, which is due out on 20th February 2012 through Bella Union records. The album is the follow-up to Broderick’s 2008 debut ‘Home’.
Speaking about the idea behind the album, Peter Broderick explained: “What bothers me about downloading music is how, most of the time, the listener doesn't have access to the artwork and/or text that comes along with a physical copy. Personally, I have always felt a great satisfaction from having an image and some words by the artist to accompany and enhance the sounds.
“So, ‘http://www.itstartshear.com’ was designed simply to be a place where all listeners, no matter what format they obtain the music in, can easily access all the lyrics and notes and visuals which are meant go along with the songs. And as a title, ‘http://www.itstartshear.com’ serves the music well by automatically becoming a link any time the album is written about. A link to the place where people can learn all about the album, directly from the source. A link that is the album. Or at least, a link that will be the album, once it comes out.”
Going on to talk about some of the music on the new album, he added: “‘http://www.itstartshear.com’ was produced by Nils Frahm and is my first project on which the sonic timbre of the songs was treated equally as important as the music itself. I have been in awe of the sound on the many records coming out of Nils' studio over the last couple years, so I thank him deeply for helping me to explore a richer, wider sonic landscape.”
See below to listen to Broderick’s earlier single ‘Below It’, which was taken from his debut album ‘Home’.
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