Peter Broderick debuts engrossing seven-minute piano piece "It's A Storm When I Sleep"

The rolling, piano-centric piece follows "Eyes Closed And Traveling" which arrived with the EP's announcement.

It's a stark composition built around the contrast between the ebb and flow of drones and the pitter-patter of twinkling keys. It's hypnotic and alluring at every subtle turn, and although much of brilliance comes from the rhythmic interplay and gradual shifts, there's a strong melodic core that keeps you rapt.

“In the few years between 2008 and 2011 or so, the Grunewald Church in Berlin was something of a hotspot for a group of us musicians," explains Broderick. "It started when Nils [Frahm] scouted it as a location in which to record The Bells and then it seemed like we were in there every month or two for a while, either for recordings or for concerts."

"There was a lady living just down the street from the church," Broderick continues. "We’d just knock on her door, give her a couple hundred Euros, and then she’d hand over the keys to the church! To be given unsupervised access in a space like that is really quite unheard of most of the time. For anyone who likes reverb, the Grunewald is a dream come true. That in combination with the beautiful old Bösendorfer piano made it the perfect place for both recording and performing.

"When mixing the recordings that comprise this EP, simply titled Grunewald in homage to that old haven of ours, there were no artificial reverbs or delays used, only the natural sound of that epic space. Originally these piano recordings were released as part of a split album on a small Japanese label, and the violin piece was included on a compilation, also Japanese, but all these pieces were recorded on the same night, in the same space, and it is with great pleasure that I see them reunited for this release."