You know, those moments when you have a fleeting inkling of just how amazing and vast the world is.
It mentions all these different places I want to go to, to see and be a part of. From the stripped back acoustica of the title track itself to the boyhood nostalgia of ‘When We Were Young’ and from the sunny optimism of ‘Anywhere’ to the lamentful country-folk flavours of ‘The Long Road’, the album is a contemplative, introspective, and yet pining in search of that something new new places yet to be visited and new relationships yet to be forged.Ĭan you tell me about the title track itself, and why you called the album that? "I wrote ‘Young as the Morning Old as the Sea’ when I was doing a bunch of festivals around Europe. Throughout his career Rosenberg has consistently found engaging ways to say the obvious, even if there is a strong streak of conflicted yearning throughout the album, as befits one who has been essentially on the road for over a decade. It was a really big win for us."ĭespite his relatively late career success, Young As the Morning Old As The Sea sounds like the fire within is being well-stoked as he continues on his journey, looking for happiness, some roots to lay down, some meaning to it all. "It wasn't off the back of a hit single, or any buzz or hype. That it might be all down hill from here "This time it felt really special," says Mike. So there could have been the feeling going around that his moment was passing. The follow up album, Whispers, ‘only’ made it to number five. Even the blazing success of ‘Let Her Go’ wasn’t able to lift All The Little Lights to number one. A world away from the nauseating show business world of X Factor and the like, it’s a combination of his songs, his persona and his hard work ethic that has paid off big time. It’s quite remarkable that Passenger, essentially an independent artist, has climbed to the top. Yeah, it was the difference maker, really. The album only beat Springsteen by 700 copies," he says referring to Bruce Springsteen's Chapter and Verse album. With the album coming out that week we needed the album to sell really well. It meant that people who bought the album could get tickets for a future show there. "There was this opportunity to do this big in-store in Kingston. And it's Kingston where he is headed, following this interview, to perform a one-off solo show. "We were pulling out all the stops to get it there." Getting to that top spot is partly due to an in-store he did in Kingston recently. "It's been amazing," says Mike as he prepares for the UK tour. Not only has he two back-to-back sold out shows at the Dome in Brighton to look forward to, his recent album, Young As the Morning Old As The Sea made it to the top of the UK album charts. The dominoes quickly fell after this point, the song reaching number one in 18 countries in 2013, as well as number two in the UK and number five in the USA.Īlthough he hasn't replicated the success of that hit since, his popularity continues to rise. From the All The Little Lights album, it was eventually picked up by a Dutch radio station, who ran with it, helping to turn it into a number two hit in Holland.
In mid 2012, Mike's ‘Let Her Go’ was released as a single. By 2011 Sheeran's popularity was going through the roof and he invited Mike to tour with him as a support act and joining him onstage for duets.
Over the years they played together on occasion, while both were in effect struggling musicians trying to carve out their respective careers. Sometime in 2010/11 he re-kindled his friendship with Ed Sheeran, whom he had first known when Sheeran was just 15, performing together in a small Cambridge venue. The consummate songwriter and performer, he was making a living, and was releasing his own music, independently, including three albums that did particularly well in Australia. He would get on the train, rock up here and there, busk on the streets, do some gigs and he started spending half of his time in Australia, which became a second home. Despite a well received album, Wicked Man's Rest, the money ran out and in 2009 Mike aborted the project and decided to live a life on the road, as a solo acoustic singer songwriter. Brighton based Mike Rosenberg and his band had a fair bit of development money thrown at them in the mid 2000s, but to little avail.
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