‘Walk You Home’ is the utterly infectious new single from Passenger. With its sunny, upbeat tempo, metronomic beats and spry acoustics the song starts off sounding like a tale of unrequited love as the protagonist says: `I see you nearly everyday but you don’t see me’. The warmth of the romantic rhythm matched with singer Mike Rosenberg’s nostalgic vocal distracts from the grim reality of what’s really going on with this obsessive and dysfunctional boy. It manages to be upbeat and funny yet simultaneously darkly sinister and once again demonstrates Mike’s talent for writing lyrics in character. The main beat was created using a trashy 25 year old Casio drum machine and the electric guitar featured was a vintage ‘60s model rescued from a skip in Brighton. So never let it be said that Passenger aren’t doing their bit for recycling and the environment!.The formats are CD, 7 vinyl and download and the B side is the gorgeous, heartbreaker of a ballad ‘You Need Something’.
Passenger have spent most of this year touring and writing. They’ve recently garnered radio support from the likes of Radio 1’s Jo Whiley, Radio 2, XFM and 6Music and have done sessions with the likes of Janice Long and Dermot O’Leary.
Their debut album, ‘Wicked Man’s Rest’, will be out in September. And Walkk You Home is released 3 September.
Passenger will be playing the following dates:
Sat 14th July LATITUDE FESTIVAL, SUFFOLK Mon 23rd July TISCALI SHOWCASE, LONDON Sun 29th July SECRET GARDEN PARTY, HUNTINGDON Wed 1st Aug WATER RATS, LONDON Fri 3rd Aug LEWES GUITAR FESTIVAL Wed 15th Aug WATER RATS, LONDON Fri 17th Aug BEAUTIFUL DAYS FESTIVAL Sat 18th Aug V FESTIVAL - STAFFORD Sun 19th Aug V FESTIVAL - CHELMSFORD Wed 22nd Aug WATER RATS, LONDON Fri 28th Aug LIVE BARFLY, BRIGHTON, THE GLOUCESTER