Passenger - 'All The Little Lights'

Passenger is becoming a very well known name, especially lately in South Africa with his song 'Let Her Go' getting massive amounts of AirPlay on the various radio stations. As good as the song is, it has nothing on what he has to offer in his album titled 'All The Little Lights'.

A bit of background into the man behind the passenger pseudonym:

Michael Rosenberg is a 29 year old artist from the UK, known as 'Passenger'. The reason for this is that it was the name of the band that he was both the lead singer and frontman of from 2003-2009. The band only released one album, and split up in early 2009. Rosenberg continued to pursue his passion as a solo songwriter and performer after the split up.

He has done the majority of his recording in Australia, and has worked with many independent musicians throughout the production of the four albums he has released. The most successful of these was his fourth album titled 'All the little lights' where his song 'Let her go' comes off. He released the album in February 2012, and it became a major success. It landed him the opportunity to open concerts for well-renowned artists such as Ed Sheeran, on his UK and North American tour. 

The album 'All The Little Lights' is full of delightful and entertaining folk-rock gems, and it is impossible to listen to it, and not smile. In a few of the songs he touches on a couple of sensitive issues, such as heartbreak and disappointment, but he approaches them in such a way that I could only describe as magical. Unlike the cliche sadness we are exposed to with so many artists, he puts a positive turn on these everyday events. For example in one of my favourite songs from the album, 'The Wrong Direction' , he sings about being afraid of rejection, and the lack of love in his life, but the upbeat tempo and catchy melody make it impossible to feel negative about it. 

Don't believe me? Watch this and see for yourself - Passenger- Wrong Direction

One of my favourite aspects of this album is the bonus acoustic album it came with, including incredible solo versions of  'Let Her Go', 'Staring At The Stars' 'Keep on Walking' and a couple of other songs from the main album. In my opinion, the acoustic versions are better than the versions with the band, but I've always been a fan of acoustic music. You decide for yourself. Here are the two versions of Let Her Go,
Acoustic - Passenger - Let her go (Acoustic)
Full Version - Passenger - Let Her go

This is one of my favourite folk albums I've heard, if not my favourite, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is a fan of good music.

Find him on twitter - @passengermusic
Or Facebook - Passenger Official