The Embers of Time — Josh Rouse

A gentle, sun-drenched meditation on the passage of time and the quiet anxieties of adulthood.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 33m

Some Days I'm Golden All Night

3:20

Too Many Things on My Mind

2:50

New Young

3:30

You Walked Through the Door

3:23

Time

3:13

Pheasant Feather

3:20

Coat for a Pillow

3:27

JR Worried Blues

3:06

Ex-Pat Blues

3:03

Crystal Falls

4:30

Moments Worth Listening For

The way the pedal steel on 'Some Days I'm Golden All Night' mimics the feeling of a long, slow exhale.

The vulnerable, dry vocal delivery on 'Too Many Things on My Mind' that sounds like a confession whispered directly into your ear.

The mournful harmonica solo on 'Ex-Pat Blues' that anchors the album's theme of displacement and searching.

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