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It’s not going to save the planet, but it’s at least a step in the right direction. It was my manager, Dan who came up with the amazing packaging – even shrink wrap is biodegradable – and for every physical copy sold, we’re planting a tree as well. I think, to be honest, if you’re making a physical product in 2020, it’s one’s responsibility to try and make as little impact as you possibly can. Why is this such an important cause for you? And, for every physical product sold from your web-store, a tree will be planted on behalf of Ecologi and the Eden Project, a great initiative that you’ve has partnered with. So, all the physical packaging of the Songs For The Drunk & Brokenhearted CDs and vinyl will be made of 100% recycled materials. I think it probably goes either way – either you write loads, or you don’t pick up a guitar for the whole time. I think you can get very complacent and comfortable making records in a certain way. is not big enough to record the whole band live, so we had musicians coming in and out doing separate sessions. This was different and much smaller, and we had to rethink how we did things. Patchwork was a nice, yet productive way to spend that time and all the profits generated from that records go to the Trussell Trust, which is a food bank charity in the UK. Patchwork, however, was recorded afterwards in your home studio during lockdown and released this year. Songs For The Drunk & Brokenhearted, set for release early next year, was recorded before the pandemic, but its release date was pushed back, with more songs later added. But, I feel like when I do it as a standalone record, I’m always tempted to add something else to give it a bit of spice.īy doing it this way, it kills two birds with one stone and gives people an option. I think it’s a nice idea just to do an acoustic album, but if it’s literally just acoustic guitar and voice for the whole time, I find my mind starts to wander a little bit sometimes, especially with my stuff. It’s just guitar, vocal and a little sprinkling of electric guitar as well.

I released a little lock down album called Patchwork, which was pretty much that.

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Would you ever consider releasing an album full of acoustic songs only?

And I think the purist Passenger fans, will probably appreciate that. I usually sit at my kitchen table with my guitar and write a song and those acoustic versions are very true to the essence of what the song is. I also think that’s how the songs were written. And sometimes, very occasionally, there seems to be a bit of a disconnect when someone comes to my show and they’ve heard the album – it’s full band and a big sound – so I always like to give people the option of the two.

When I play live, it’s just me and a guitar. What was the reasoning behind choosing to include both? The first half of your 13th studio album, Songs For The Drunk & Brokenhearted is comprised of ten recorded tracks, with the B side being the same songs recorded acoustically. Although still known for his busking, he long ago made the journey from street corners to stadiums – most notably with “Let Her Go”, which reached Number 1 in 19 countries, was certified 7x platinum in Australia and has over 1.2 billion streams. Passenger is an multi award winning, platinum selling singer-songwriter from Brighton, England. All physical packaging is made from 100% recycled materials. Penned by Passenger – aka Mike Rosenberg – when he was newly single, the album features that raw and authentic vulnerability that Passenger’s global fan-base has grown to love.įans from all over the world will have the opportunity to tune into a very special performance of Passenger and his new record from the iconic Royal Albert Hall in London on January 10, 2021.ĭue to a partnership with Ecologi and the Eden Reforestation Project, a tree will be planted for every physical copy of Songs sold via the Passenger store. Passenger will release his 13th studio album, Songs For The Drunk & Brokenhearted on January 8th.