So my favorite band at the moment is The Passenger. I am sure most
of you know the song ‘Let it Go,’ (it was last summer’s anthem).
This summer however, the band released their new album Whispers in June. I ran into it by
mistake on the plane yesterday. I was exhausted, I hadn’t had much sleep, and I
didn’t want to watch a movie. Knowing how good their last album was All the Little Lights, I started to
listen. Right from the very beginning, (‘Coins in A Fountain’) and I couldn’t stop. I
kid you not; the album was on replay for three hours! Excessive? Slightly, but
I couldn’t help it, it just captivated me.
What I love about the Passenger is their rich Indie sound. In Whispers, I found Michael Rosenberg’s
voice to be full of contradictions - smooth yet coarse, soft yet present, and
the use of string and percussion instruments were beyond beautiful. I don’t know about you, but for me there are always a couple of
songs that always stand out in an album. This time it was ‘Whispers, Riding to
New York and Coins in a Fountain.’
To be honest if you start listening from
‘Rolling Stone’ till the very end, the combination of all the songs is just...
It took me away to some kind of emotional abandon.
Themes in this
album range from love to cancer, self-doubt, to freedom.
Check it out, it is
definitely worth a listen.
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