How They Are

After completing work on the elaborate follow-up to his vocal debut, Home, musician/composer Peter Broderick went into the studio with the goal of recording and mixing an album in one day live to 2" tape, with no overdubs or punch-ins - only voice, piano, and guitar. How They Are is this record. Known as a "stop-gap" release in waning industry terms, the album sheds the tossed-off connotation, revealing something altogether sublime in its austerity and candor. This is not "lite Broderick." This is essential Broderick.