MORSE, NEAL - LIFE & TIMES (2018 SOLO STUDIO ALBUM)

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The man who started SPOCK’S BEARD, co-formed TRANSATLANTIC and FLYING COLORS is back with this new solo album of songs with a personal flavour!

Now in his mid-fifties and his children grown up, there is a sense on Neal Morse’s new album: ‘Life And Times’, that he is looking around and taking stock. “I’ve come through a lot of difficult times and I’m in a fairly content place now,” he says. “You can feel that on some of the songs.”
Much of this ‘acoustic-orientated, singer/songwriter’ album was written while he was travelling around the world on: ‘The Road Called Home’ tour in 2017, with some of the songs being inspired by the places he visited, while others are from spending time with his family.

For example, ‘Manchester’ is a musical portrait of that notorious rarity - a sunny day in Manchester, England - when Morse was sitting in a coffee shop watching the world go by. ‘Selfie In The Square’ captures what he saw walking around Luxembourg City, hearing the cathedral bells and children playing, but realizing what a difference it makes to share these experiences. “Luxembourg was really nice, but I knew that if my wife was there, it would feel like a holiday, so I wrote a song about it to send to her,” he explains.

Some of these slice-of-life portraits also resonate with other people’s heartaches, such as: ‘Joanna’, which focuses on Morse’s son dealing with the loss of a relationship and - most poignantly - ‘He Died At Home’, about a mother’s grief over the loss of her soldier son.

Everyone from the Progressive Rock community knows what a fantastic musician / songwriter Neal Morse is, but ‘Life And Times’ gives his listeners the chance to hear a different, but equally powerful side of this artist’s musical heart.

‘Life And Times’ was all written and produced by Neal Morse, except for the song ‘Manchester’, which was co-written by Geoff Bailie.

‘Life And Times’ is also available as a HQ Vinyl LP – Stock # 2057528

‘Life And Times’ was released on 2nd of February 2018.

NEAL MORSE: LIFE AND TIMES CD Track List:

01. Livin’ Lightly
02. Good Love Is On The Way
03. Joanna
04. Selfie In The Square
05. He Died At Home
06. She’s Changed Her Mind
07. Wave On The Ocean
08. You + Me + Everything
09. Manchester
10. Lay Low
11. Old Alabama
12. If I Only Had a Day