I love the universal back button. But when I have followed many links from artist to album to other artists, back-back-back-back is not a convenient way to get back to the browser. And the hamburger menu is not a very touch oriented UX model.
I would suggest a Home icon up top, near the back/forward buttons. And have it go back to the most recent view and position of the browser; from there I can change contents or sort order.
You could also put icons for artists, albums, etc. but they may become tricky to recognize. Either way.
Bookmarks are great. But I use them to get to content, my personal groupings of things.
This desire was about navigating in the app.
And specifically, I wanted it to go to the current browser context: if was most recently browsing albums sorted by date, take me there; if I was browsing artists by hair color, take me there.
One thing you might try when you have a keyboard handy is Tab + [1-10]. The browsers are numbered top to bottom, and this is a quick way to get around the stack you’ve accumulated and go right back to the browser.
That’s great. We are mostly about touch, but when we have a keyboard it’s a good thing. Adobe PhotoShop is great at this, aimed at pros, has lots of keyboard shortcuts, pretty much the entire keyboard with or without Alt, Ctrl and Shift or combinations.