Passenger - Birds That Flew and Ships That Sailed (2022) [Hi-Res]

Birds that Flew and Ships that Sailed is the fourteenth album from Mike Rosenberg, better known as Passenger. The self-funded record is being released out of the blue on Rosenberg’s own label, Black Crow - a sign of his ongoing determination to do things on his own terms. The record's dominant theme, human impermanence and the passing of time, will be familiar to fans of previous Passenger releases such as Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea, a UK number one album in 2016, or ‘Let Her Go’, an international number one single released in 2012. It has, in fact, been his primary preoccupation ever since 2007’s debut, Wicked Man’s Rest. ‘I’ve always found the idea of time passing a bit tragic,’ says Rosenberg. “I’m very nostalgic and I think that often comes across in my writing. It’s sad to think that everything is fleeting, that you can never return to a moment once it has passed. Now more than ever, with climate change and the pandemic and everything going on politically, it’s easy to long for a time when we were excited instead of dreading what’s around the corner.’

Tracklist:
1.01 - Passenger - Bird in Flight (2:55)
1.02 - Passenger - Against the Grain (3:38)
1.03 - Passenger - Chasing Gold (2:36)
1.04 - Passenger - Birds That Flew and Ships That Sailed (3:00)
1.05 - Passenger - Blink of an Eye (4:33)
1.06 - Passenger - However It Comes , Wherever It Goes (2:20)
1.07 - Passenger - New Until It's Old (5:00)
1.08 - Passenger - I Won't Be There That Day (2:40)
1.09 - Passenger - Do What's Right (4:35)
1.10 - Passenger - Going Going Gone (2:40)