Ulysses, the new album by Goh Nakamura

Somewhere 6 comments

"This was originally written as a lull-a-bye, slow and peaceful. I started to hear it more as an old school Beatles..."

Sarah Rose 1 comment

"I was eating breakfast alone at a diner one morning and a little girl and her mom were at the next booth. The..."

Hangman 2 comments

"My friend's little sister started a game of hangman with me, and it immediately sparked an analogy to writing/composing..."

Home 2 comments

"New Year's Day is the biggest holiday in Japanese culture, a family gathering with specific foods you eat to ring..."

Ulysses 2 comments

"I have an early incarnation of this song with the lyrics "you listen, you listen" which eventually turned into..."

Weight of the World

"Odessa Chen writes beautiful, poetic, minor key songs that I like to describe as "wintery." With this in mind,..."

Suitcase 3 comments

"This is one of the oldest songs on the album, written shortly after I finished the Daylight Savings album. It's..."

Telemachus 1 comment

"The band and I were rehearsing the song "Ulysses" at the recording session,and started messing around with the..."

Flipside

"This was supposed to be a psychedlic bossa nova, believe it or not. It ended up turning into a bit of an Elvis..."

Red Balloons 1 comment

"This is another song about long distances, which seems to be a common thread throughout this album. I recorded..."

Flowers 5 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..."

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..."

Shoulder 2 comments

"This song takes place at one of my favorite bars Doc's Clock in the Mission District in San Francisco. The last..."

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..."

If You Want Me Too 1 comment

"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:

Highway Flowers by Odessa Chen

Seward Park by Grand Hallway

Our Darkest Days and Nights by Love is Chemicals

Next Obsession by Nyles Lannon 1 comment

At Ease by The Invisible Cities

El Camino by Adam Shulman 1 comment

Old Home Movies by the Botticellis

Snow by The Lofty Pillars 1 comment

Made Up My Mind by Odessa Chen

Free Will by Michelle Amador

78 Prosper Resolution by Adam Shulman

Truck Was Struck by Annie Lin

(T)Silent Tea by Scrabbel

Take My Picture by The Invisible Cities

Cassandra Castaway/Clytamnestra by Picture Atlantic

Who Would Think That What Was Needed by David Rhodes 1 comment

Bookend by Lucien Lamotte 1 comment