Red Mosquito

I feel like there are a bunch of three star songs. A few that are better than that. I will listen a few more times and get more familiar with everything. Initial standouts for me are the first three tracks, The Dark, and On My Way.

Strat wrote:

PHATJ wrote:On My Way, this is one of my favorite pieces on the album. Love it.

Awesome. Yea. Super emotional.

Not sure if youve been following but the guy singing "on my way" is Ed's dad.

Really? That’s super interesting. I love that.

PHATJ wrote:

Strat wrote:

PHATJ wrote:On My Way, this is one of my favorite pieces on the album. Love it.

Awesome. Yea. Super emotional.

Not sure if youve been following but the guy singing "on my way" is Ed's dad.

Really? That’s super interesting. I love that.

There's really just a lot to love here.

Jaeti wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

Strat wrote:

PHATJ wrote:On My Way, this is one of my favorite pieces on the album. Love it.

Awesome. Yea. Super emotional.

Not sure if youve been following but the guy singing "on my way" is Ed's dad.

Really? That’s super interesting. I love that.

There's really just a lot to love here.

This one has me. Listening for a third time. I’m captivated.

PHATJ wrote:

Strat wrote:

PHATJ wrote:On My Way, this is one of my favorite pieces on the album. Love it.

Awesome. Yea. Super emotional.

Not sure if youve been following but the guy singing "on my way" is Ed's dad.

Really? That’s super interesting. I love that.

Long story short: Some guy of a guy ed met at a baseball camp played music with Eds real dad long ago. Couple years later that guy showed up with a few cd recordings of them playing. Ed took it but didnt listen for a few months.

Now he's dueting with his dad on this album. Incredible!

Strat wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

Strat wrote:

PHATJ wrote:On My Way, this is one of my favorite pieces on the album. Love it.

Awesome. Yea. Super emotional.

Not sure if youve been following but the guy singing "on my way" is Ed's dad.

Really? That’s super interesting. I love that.

Long story short: Some guy of a guy ed met at a baseball camp played music with Eds real dad long ago. Couple years later that guy showed up with a few cd recordings of them playing. Ed took it but didnt listen for a few months.

Now he's dueting with his dad on this album. Incredible!

That is incredible. What a story, and what a gorgeous piece of music.

Strat wrote:

PHATJ wrote:Mrs. Mills is fine

Love this song so much. Best lyrics from ed in awhile.

Another grower too.

PHATJ wrote:

Strat wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

Strat wrote:

PHATJ wrote:On My Way, this is one of my favorite pieces on the album. Love it.

Awesome. Yea. Super emotional.

Not sure if youve been following but the guy singing "on my way" is Ed's dad.

Really? That’s super interesting. I love that.

Long story short: Some guy of a guy ed met at a baseball camp played music with Eds real dad long ago. Couple years later that guy showed up with a few cd recordings of them playing. Ed took it but didnt listen for a few months.

Now he's dueting with his dad on this album. Incredible!

That is incredible. What a story, and what a gorgeous piece of music.

Knowing your love for Release I'm happy to hear you like On My Way as well.

Monkey_Driven wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

Strat wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

Strat wrote:

PHATJ wrote:On My Way, this is one of my favorite pieces on the album. Love it.

Awesome. Yea. Super emotional.

Not sure if youve been following but the guy singing "on my way" is Ed's dad.

Really? That’s super interesting. I love that.

Long story short: Some guy of a guy ed met at a baseball camp played music with Eds real dad long ago. Couple years later that guy showed up with a few cd recordings of them playing. Ed took it but didnt listen for a few months.

Now he's dueting with his dad on this album. Incredible!

That is incredible. What a story, and what a gorgeous piece of music.

Knowing your love for Release I'm happy to hear you like On My Way as well.

I have a complicated relationship with my dad (don’t we all), and that subject matter with a beautiful backdrop of powerful music will always resonate with me.

I am really loving Invincible too. Just listed to that for a second time and I’m definitely down with this sound. It’s familiar in some ways. There’s some Peter Gabriel in there. There’s a familiar melody, but I haven’t completely placed everything yet. I sure do like it though.

PHATJ wrote:I am really loving Invincible too. Just listed to that for a second time and I’m definitely down with this sound. It’s familiar in some ways. There’s some Peter Gabriel in there. There’s a familiar melody, but I haven’t completely placed everything yet. I sure do like it though.

pretty sure I cried the first time this song played; it's just Ed being incredibly warm, kind and affirming for 5 minutes

it's such a warm hug of the song.

PhatJ - unsurprisingly it takes a few listens for the album to settle in. for me it was 3

PHATJ wrote:I am really loving Invincible too. Just listed to that for a second time and I’m definitely down with this sound. It’s familiar in some ways. There’s some Peter Gabriel in there. There’s a familiar melody, but I haven’t completely placed everything yet. I sure do like it though.

first song i heard after the news that i became an uncle, so yeah that uplifting feeling was all i needed.

Find me in the dark is the lyric thats been stuck in my head (in all its variations). its a one of those simple but impactful lines

Years ago I lived in a spot and had a drive to work where if I put on Modest Mouse's "Dark Center of the Universe" as soon as I pulled out of the driveway, the drums and heavy guitar would kick in right as I was accelerating onto the highway. It was just perfectly timed.

Listening to Invincible makes me want that same experience of going heavy on the gas when Ed belts out "better crooked than straight!"

Ms Harmless wrote:

PHATJ wrote:I am really loving Invincible too. Just listed to that for a second time and I’m definitely down with this sound. It’s familiar in some ways. There’s some Peter Gabriel in there. There’s a familiar melody, but I haven’t completely placed everything yet. I sure do like it though.

pretty sure I cried the first time this song played; it's just Ed being incredibly warm, kind and affirming for 5 minutes

I am very moved by this song.

Proud dad moment:

My 11-year-old son and I were cranking this in the car yesterday. Try came on and he asked "Dad, do you think this sounds like an X song?"

PHATJ wrote:Fallout Today is pretty boring

Maybe the best song on an album full of them.

Love Fallout Today

Don't make light of the weight
You'll fortify the chains
And don't beg for forgiveness
We all need to share and shake the pain


Really like this set of lyrics. The sentiment is spot on.