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..." |
Bonus Tracks! All downloads/purchases of Ulysses include a collection of songs by some of Goh's favorite bands:
| 1 | Highway Flowers by Odessa Chen |
| 2 | Seward Park by Grand Hallway |
| 3 | Our Darkest Days and Nights by Love is Chemicals |
| 4 | Next Obsession by Nyles Lannon 1 comment |
| 5 | At Ease by The Invisible Cities |
| 6 | El Camino by Adam Shulman 1 comment |
| 7 | Old Home Movies by the Botticellis |
| 8 | Snow by The Lofty Pillars 1 comment |
| 9 | Made Up My Mind by Odessa Chen |
| 10 | Free Will by Michelle Amador |
| 11 | 78 Prosper Resolution by Adam Shulman |
| 12 | Truck Was Struck by Annie Lin |
| 13 | (T)Silent Tea by Scrabbel |
| 14 | Take My Picture by The Invisible Cities |
| 15 | Cassandra Castaway/Clytamnestra by Picture Atlantic |
| 16 | Who Would Think That What Was Needed by David Rhodes 1 comment |
| 17 | Bookend by Lucien Lamotte 1 comment |