Customer Reviews
beautiful and thoughtful - By: Oddboy, 20 Jun 2009 
I came to Peter Broderick from a live gig. Not only is he a lovely fella he's also pretty spectacular live. This album didn't disappoint following such a magnificent introduction.
It's thoughtful & thought provoking music which can engage & move the listener. This is one of my favourites of 2009.
Check out Horse feathers for bit of Peters sister on cello. Mellow gold!
Excellent, thoughtful music. - By: Rory I. C. Bremner, 28 Dec 2008 With shades of Elliot Smith, (though not as maudlin) Broderick has created a lovely, contemplative album. The recording is excellent too. Highly recommended.
The heart will be where home is . - By: russell clarke, 11 Nov 2008 Home is the debut album of talented Portland musician Peter Broderick & manages the not inconsiderable feat of sounding both world weary & modestly ecstatic all at the same time. What is even more impressive is that Broderick is only 21. At his age I could barely open my parents front door & would blush violent beetroot if a girl came within twenty metres of me. Which to be fair wasn't that often. Usually because I was lockedin the house.
Anyway Broderick , clearly a more confident & talented individual relocated to Copenhagen to join Danish ensemble Efterklang where he spent a year learning the ropes so to speak on tour with the band. While doing this he found the time to pen the ten songs that make up Home.
Using multi-tracked vocals Broderick as he saysin the liner notes has concentrated on his two favourite instruments -guitar & voice, though there is also harmonium, glockenspiel organ, vibraphone , banjo & Celeste , though never allin the same song. The results are often stunning songs replete with choral majesty infused with cosy layered voices & temperate layers of instrumentation. It would have been incredibly easy to make this album overbearingly bombastic but there is real care & subtlety at work within these ten songs .Some will question the mixing by Mads Brauer & wonder why there is so little percussion , so little sonic clout. But this music isn't about heavy beats or muscular rock , it's about mood , reflection , peace & comfort .....home. Hard to get this when snares are snapping like barbecue ribs.
The album opens with the multi harmonic "Games" before the truly lovely "And It's Alright" - a dulcet acoustic guitar led ballad with Broderick's tender slightly burred vocals. The multi-tracked harmonies are quite stunning .Allin all this is one of my favourite songs of the year. Not that there is just this to enjoy "With The Notes In My Ears" is another divine ballad with a tremulous accapella fade out ."Below It" with just voice & steel guitar is far better than any song with such simple ingredients deserves to be while "Not At Home" is a more effervescent sparkle of twinkling guitar notes.
Occasionally the album flirts with the mundane. Instrumental "Sickness Bury " is fine but at over six minutes outstays its welcome halfway through & "Maps" , another six minute plus song seems flat & lacklustre after much of what has come before. The albums ends with the reverb choral tallying of "Games Again" which brings it full circle.
Anyone who has heard & loved albums by Bon Iver , Iron And Wine , Lucky Jim ,M Ward or Chris Mills will find much to treasure here. Much of the music is like some kind of beautific vocal benediction. Truly exquisite stuff. Your heart will be where Home is.
Sedate acoustics - By: Mr. M. Purdy, 31 Oct 2008 I came to Peter Broderick courtesy of his involvement with arch Scandinavian experimentalists Efterklang - & from the harmonic, over-layed vocals on the opening track it is easy to hear what he brings to the table when it comes to the unique soundscapes of the Danish outfit.
An American who has settledin Europe, Broderick's sparse acoustica is a pleasing combination of European folk & Americana. As another reviewer has rightly stated, it is like a sedate Fleet Foxes or more laid-back Bon Iver. It also has muchin common with the glorious autumnal moods of English acts like Epic 45, July Skies & Harp & a Monkey.
Basically, Home is best listened to as a mood piece, &in the dark winter nights this gentle offering will provide some genuine warmth.
If Only I Could Remember My Name - By: Mr. P. Arrowsmith, 26 Oct 2008 
This has to be heaven for any David Crosby fans, the harmonies are to die for. the track 'Family, Giving' a bonus trackin some places nearly had mein tears, you can see it on his MySpace page, live. He seems to hit every note as if it has a place prepared for it. Every note has a part to play. His vocal range is pushed hard but never wavers. It is a pleasure to recommend this album. It is Fleet Foxes at half pace, but the pace is perfectin a world that goes too fast sometimes.
