{"product_id":"float-2","title":"Float","description":"Personnel: Peter Broderick (vocals, banjo, violin, viola, cello, accordion, trumpet, piano, celesta, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, musical saw, Theremin).\u003cbr\u003eAudio Mixer: Skyler Norwood.\u003cbr\u003eRecording information: Miracle Lake Studios.\u003cbr\u003ePhotographer: Peter Broderick.\u003cbr\u003ePeter Broderick's first solo full-length, done after a variety of collaborations and backing stints for other performers, is a short, quiet delight, ten songs just edging over half-an-hour that shows the Portland musician has an ear for the hushed and atmospheric, making his formal studio recording work sound like a recital in a Victorian parlor instead. The piano and strings that make up the opening \"A Snowflake\" set the tone of Float, which could almost be an understated soundtrack to a moody documentary, the soft echo of notes mixing with a room sound where disconnected noises and echoes function almost on the level of the similar sounds Martin Hannett gave Joy Division on Unknown Pleasures -- less dramatic perhaps, but still designed to leave the listener wondering a bit about what exactly is being heard. Piano is Broderick's primary instrument throughout, and if his compositions are working in a familiar vein -- more Harold Budd than Glenn Gould, say -- then it's all still very well done, with the flowing lyricism of a song like \"Stopping on the Broadway Bridge\" (the longest song on the album and the most accomplished in its feeling of living up to the title), making for a highlight. Calm instances of vocalizations, as on \"A Glacier\" and \"Another Glacier\" add a further layer of almost-clear interpretation that beguiles the listener without fully resolving into clear meaning. ~ Ned Raggett","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46804425212191,"sku":"4050486099261","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/a27aa9483c10a8fc3489f57cb5bc935f_f157fbd1-b2bf-41e4-b504-4af73a0445cb.jpg?v=1777833414","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/float-2","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}