Album Review: Passenger/Young as the Morning Old as the Sea

Passenger's 7th album ‘Young as the Morning Old as the Sea’ has just been released, and the question is whether it is able to live up to his ballistic ‘Let her go’. That video on YouTube has been watched an impressive 1.1 billion times. Quite a legacy to live up to.

Everything If You Go When We Were Young Anywhere Somebody's Love Young as the Morning Old as the Sea Beautiful Birds The Long Road Fool's Gold Home

It’s very clear that travelling is important to Mike Rosenberg and that reoccurring theme is always present usually in the context of love or lack thereof. The song after which the album is named manages to cram more places names into its lyrics than I’ve heard since I last played Risk. ‘Anywhere’ has a good beat and shows potential but is let down by its repetition. Many of the other tracks are fine, and that’s about it. The hushed vocals of Rosenberg never push the envelope and even when he has a full band supporting, they never seem to get a change to stretch themselves. Ultimately a pleasant affair which would sit nicely in the background however is unlikely to draw you away from other activities to come and listen.