After all that harder Metal stuff I reviewed lately, it is time to get to something a little softer and more reflective. What better choice than Passenger with their newest 2014 release and 6th studio album Whispers. Or more Mike Rosenberg with his latest and best, made with some studio musicians.
Similar style (or kind of, at least) than its predecessor All the Little Lights, the music is quite varied and somewhat different from each other, but of course and as usual, the melodies are of lesser importance, but more focus are on the texts – he is a story teller.
And clearly Da Mastah is really gifted and has a knack with melodies of all sorts.… Got hooked? Raid this some more...
It was one of these ‘interesting, tell me more’ experiences that got me looking into the British gig Passenger, which basically consists of Mike Rosenberg as lead, plus a few studio musicians. And indeed so – he basically runs this outfit more or less on his own after the official break up of the band back in 2009.