Originally recorded in 2012, the single reached No.1 in 19 countries, with the accompanying album “All The Little Lights” achieving platinum or multi-platinum status in 11 countries. Passenger, aka Brighton’s Mike Rosenberg, is a streaming phenomenon who has also had well in excess of a billion streams on Spotify. Combined streams for advance tracks from his new album RUNAWAY – released tomorrow on Black Crow Records via Cooking Vinyl – have already exceeded 25 million plays.

RUNAWAY, Rosenberg’s tenth album in 11 years, was recorded between the UK and Australia with his co-producer, Chris Vallejo, but its aesthetic is North American. Sonically, too, RUNAWAY draws on Americana, for instance, the early work of Ryan Adams. Rosenberg imagined these new songs as unfolding against a backdrop of American landscapes. And so, rather than the usual video process, he and director Jarrad Seng spent three weeks on a road trip across the US making videos for every song on the album. Five of these videos are already available to view: “Heart To Love” shot on Las Vegas’ famous Strip; “Hell Or High Water” set in the epic landscapes of a series of National Parks; the sublime “Why I Can’t Change” seeped in influences such as The Traveling Wilburys and early Fleetwood Mac; and album title track “Runaway“, which features Rosenberg running through spectacular locations including Death Valley and Monument Valley, Lombard Street in San Francisco, and New York’s High Line.