PASSENGER - Runaway 2LP

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Includes download code. Double heavyweight vinyl housed in a gatefold sleeve. Exclusive Art Worked Book. Bonus LP of live acoustic versions recorded across North America in April 2 018. There have always been two sides to Mike Rosenberg, aka Passenger: the epic, radio-friendly sound represented by his international number one single, ‘Let Her Go’, and his UK number one album, Young As The Morning, Old As The Sea (2016), and the more introverted, singer-songwriter side heard, for instance, on Whispers II (2015) and The Boy Who Cried Wolf (2017). Runaway, the new album, finds Passenger embracing the epic once again: the melodies are unforgettable, the choruses colossal. ‘Some see pop as a dirty word,’ says Rosenberg, ‘but it just means the melodyis catchy. Well, my favourite songs that have ever been written are catchy.’Sonically, too, Runaway draws on Americana, for instance the early work of Ryan Adams, with 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. Show more