Human Drama Ten Small Fractures LP

Since their formation in the early '80s, singer/songwriter/guitarist Johnny Indovina has guided Human Drama through over a dozen critically acclaimed albums and countless spectacular live performances, creating a beautifully intense collection of work, while gathering the band a deeply devoted following in America, and most notably Mexico.

The highlights of the Ten Small Fractures are the beautiful piano arrangements by Mark Balderas. This is the foundation of the album. The band took directly from the orchestration of a Human Drama track from 1995 called "The Waiting Hour" (once again), a remake of a song originally on the band's first RCA release Feel. The band had a couple of ideas for songs to start, but they intentionally stayed away from piano-based tracks from prior albums.

So, the band went to work choosing the songs and slowly getting the piano arrangements completed and recorded. They took their time choosing ten songs that they felt would translate well in this new musical configuration.

Over the course of a year and a half, they recorded Ten Small Fractures. Mark and Jimmy were joined by Lynn Bertles and Gerardo Pozos on violin, Paul Pate and Claudia Gonzalez on flute, Steve Fuxan on muted bass, and Tim Grove, Steve Caton, and Richard Lo Guercio on nylon string guitar.