Passenger Runaway Vinyl LP 2018

Tracklist:

1. Hell Or High Water
2. Why Can' I Change
3. Heart To Love
4. Let's Go
5. He Leaves You Cold
6. Ghost Town
7. Runaway
8. Eagle Bear Buffalo
9. To Be Free
10. Survivors

There have always been two sides to Passenger: the epic, radio-friendly sound represented Let Her Go, and Young As The Morning Old As The Sea, and the more introverted, singer-songwriter side heard on, for instance, Whispers II (2015) and The Boy Who Cried Wolf (2017). Runaway finds Passenger embracing the epic once again: the melodies are unforgettable, the choruses colossal. The album, Rosenberg’s tenth in 11 years, was recorded between the UK and Australia with his co-producer, Chris Vallejo, but its aesthetic is North American. Sonically, too, Runaway draws on Americana, for instance the early work of Ryan Adams. There is some lap steel, some mandolin, a little banjo, all courtesy of guitarist Benjamin Edgar, Rosenberg is also joined on the album by bassist Rob Calder, drummer Peter Marin and keyboard player Jon Hansen. Rosenberg imagined these new songs as unfolding against a backdrop of American landscapes.