The Songs

1 Somewhere 10 comments
"This was originally written as a lull-a-bye, slow and peaceful. I started to hear it more as an old school Beatles..."
2 Sarah Rose 3 comments
"I was eating breakfast alone at a diner one morning and a little girl and her mom were at the next booth. The..."
3 Hangman 4 comments
"My friend's little sister started a game of hangman with me, and it immediately sparked an analogy to writing/composing..."
4 Home 3 comments
"New Year's Day is the biggest holiday in Japanese culture, a family gathering with specific foods you eat to ring..."
5 Ulysses 3 comments
"I have an early incarnation of this song with the lyrics "you listen, you listen" which eventually turned into..."
6 Weight of the World 1 comment
"Odessa Chen writes beautiful, poetic, minor key songs that..."
7 Suitcase 6 comments
"This is one of the oldest songs on the album, written shortly after I finished the Daylight Savings album. It's..."
8 Telemachus 2 comments
"The band and I were rehearsing the song "Ulysses" at the recording session,and started messing around with the..."
9 Flipside
"This was supposed to be a psychedlic bossa nova, believe it or not. It ended up turning into a bit of an Elvis..."
10 Red Balloons 1 comment
"This is another song about long distances, which seems to be a common thread throughout this album. I recorded..."
11 Flowers 8 comments
"I wrote this in Pacifica, after a rough day at the bottom of an emotional well. I had to write it to light the..."
12 Section of Sky 2 comments
"This was written on the same day that I wrote Flowers circa 2005. The recording was basically the same set up..."
13 Shoulder 3 comments
"This song takes place at one of my favorite bars Doc's Clock..."
14 Where Did They Go 1 comment
"I love the ensemble playing on this one. We did this in one take, then layered some pump organ and percussion..."
15 If You Want Me Too 2 comments
"I wrote this one around 2003, but didn't think about it again until last year. I woke up one morning and recorded..."