Emile Mosseri takes us track-by-track by way of his sophomore album ‘tryin to be born’ – an intimate, uncooked, and revelatory meditation on love that captures the great thing about long-term companionship, the ache of self-reflection, and the magic of reside, in-the-moment collaboration.
“this time i misplaced my thoughts” – Emile Mosseri
Tright here’s a heat and intimacy to Emile Mosseri’s music that makes each track really feel like a whispered confession, or a reminiscence unfolding in real-time.
A celebrated composer and songwriter, Mosseri has spent years crafting soundtracks that elevate the emotional weight of movies (Minari, The Final Black Man in San Francisco), however his personal music tells a special form of story – one that’s uncooked, unfiltered, and deeply private. On his sophomore album, tryin to be born, he leans totally into that vulnerability, capturing the quiet fantastic thing about long-term love, the ache of self-reflection, and the enjoyment of spontaneous creation.
Launched February 28th, 2025 by way of Grasping Coronary heart Information, tryin to be born arrives two lengthy and creatively fulfilling years after the discharge of Emile Mosseri’s debut solo album, Heaven Hunters. Produced by pal and collaborator Bobby Krlic, Heaven Hunters launched Mosseri’s deeply expressive songwriting by way of an ethereal and sometimes cinematic lens; in distinction, his newest effort feels much more instant – rooted within the power of reside efficiency and connection. Recorded over the course of only a few weeks, the album finds Mosseri working with a close-knit band that includes Meg Duffy (Hand Habits), Dougie Stu, and Kosta Galanopoulos, capturing the spirit of spontaneity as they tracked songs reside to tape.
“I wrote these songs for essentially the most half over a brief time period, we recorded the solo ones at Bobby’s studio, after which we did 5 days with a band at Altamira studios in Alhambra California,” Mosseri tells Atwood Journal. “We hit this sort of magical frequency the place I might train the band a track every day and we’d report it immediately reside to tape. Bobby was producing and Meg Duffy, Dougie Stu, and Kosta Galanopoulos, we’re enjoying guitar, bass, and drums. Our buddy James Riotto was engineering, and we grew to become this little household for every week. It was among the best experiences of my life, musically and simply on a human degree.”
For Mosseri, that sense of artistic chemistry wasn’t simply in regards to the course of; it formed the guts of the album itself. The immediacy of reside recording, the belief between collaborators, and an instinct-driven method all performed a task in bringing the eleven tracks on tryin to be born to life. However what was he getting down to seize within the first place?
“I didn’t actually have a mission assertion aside from to write songs that had been weak and lyrically simple,” he explains. “I ended up with numerous songs in regards to the sanctuary aspect of affection. That was thrilling and felt romantic to me, to write love songs about long run companionship and all the bliss and longing and every little thing in between that comes with that.”
Mosseri’s shut pal and collaborator filmmaker Joe Talbot got here up with the album’s placing title phrase. “It felt related to those songs to me and likewise form of had an previous timey vibe to it that clashed with the songs in a cool method,” Mosseri recollects. That push and pull between nostalgia and one thing extra instant mirrors the album’s sonic identification – one which feels natural, uncooked, and deeply current within the second – we’re not simply listening by way of headphones, however standing within the room as a gaggle of people craft one thing intimate, one thing particular, and one thing far higher than the sum of its elements, collectively.
“It’s my second solo report, and it feels extra alive to me than my first, or my scores,” he displays. “That’s vastly due to Bobby and the gang that performed on it and breathed life and magic into it.”
Highlights abound on the journey from the album’s intimate and boldly dramatic opener “bloodboy” to its cathartic finale, “you & your boyfriend” – one in every of Mosseri’s two private favorites, together with the achingly weak “the time i misplaced my thoughts.”
“I wrote ‘you & your boyfriend’ years in the past with my previous band whereas we had been making an EP known as Human Love up in Stinson Seaside California,” he smiles. “I had this concept of writing a track from the possible of a pathetic heartbroken fellow who needs his lady again and is prepared to take her new boy as a part of the deal. My bandmate David Baldwin got here up with my favourite line of the tune which is, ‘he’s paying double however you possibly can keep free of charge.’ I at all times appreciated this yet another than anybody else within the band did. No one else appeared to know what to make of it, however I like it, so squeezed it on right here. It’s form of the route I’d like to go in, when it comes to songwriting, so it’s good that it’s the final one the report. It provides me a spot to choose up the place I left off on the subsequent one.”
Additional standouts embrace the hauntingly stunning “losing your love,” the gently bittersweet “not going wherever,” and the visceral fever dream “Don’t Fall Again So Simply ” – a young, McCartneyesque ballad of affection, longing, and letting go that premiered on Atwood Journal earlier this 12 months.
On the time, we praised the observe as “a mild large of intimacy, heartache, and uncooked vulnerability,” and lauded Mosseri and his bandmates for crafting “a breathtakingly stunning second of unfiltered, trustworthy human connection.”
With tryin to be born, Emile Mosseri has crafted an album that feels as lived-in because it does revelatory – one which thrives on imperfection, spontaneity, and the irreplaceable magic of human connection. It’s a report about love in its truest, least adorned kind: Not the fleeting spark of infatuation, however the deep, enduring companionship that lingers lengthy after the butterflies fade. Via its uncooked, tape-warmed textures and its deeply felt lyricism, tryin to be born doesn’t simply doc a second—it creates one, inviting us to step inside and really feel its heat, its longing, and its quiet, resounding magnificence.
At its core, the album is a meditation on love – the type that endures, transforms, and deepens over time. For Mosseri, these songs aren’t about grand gestures or fleeting ardour; they’re about one thing way more profound.
“My hope is that anybody who hears it and has been in a wedding or long-term love will perceive these songs as deeply romantic love songs, not in regards to the butterflies however about one thing greater,” Mosseri shares. “There’s a lot love in them, and creating it was so enjoyable and placing them out is so satisfying.”
Expertise the complete report by way of our beneath stream, and peek inside Emile Mosseri’s tryin to be born with Atwood Journal as he takes us track-by-track by way of the music and lyrics of his sophomore album!
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bloodboy
That is the oldest track on the report. It had been kicking round for a 12 months or two. Typically you possibly can lose sight of an older one however Bobby Krlic, who produced the report responded to it. We ended recording this one as a trio, Meg Duffy, Bobby and I. He gave it a brand new life and made me like it once more.
occasionally
I’ve at all times cherished songs the place the message is within the gaps. Songs the place the true sentiment is within the detrimental house that’s alluded to however by no means mentioned. Like Dylan’s ‘Many of the Time’ or Chet baker’s ‘I Get Alongside With out You Very Effectively’ I wished to put in writing a love track in that custom about falling quick as a associate by singing about how I present up.
not going wherever
That is one which I had a refrain kicking round that I cherished and couldn’t crack the lyrics for some time, I ended up sending it to my pal Joe Talbot, and he and I wrote the lyrics collectively, This was the primary track we’d written collectively, We’ve labored for years as composer and filmmaker, and he’s made my album covers and movies, however was enjoyable to dive into lyrics collectively and have his voice baked into the music, felt like we discovered one other nook of our collaborative mind.
easing in
This was one other one which I wrote very quick after which forgot about. then I performed it for Bobby as a voice memo form of as an afterthought and he actually responded to it, and we recorded a fast reside efficiency of it at his place.
losing your love
Losing Your Love” is a track about marriage. It’s not in regards to the butterfly or honeymoon elements of recent love, however the sanctuary, mundanity, and deeply romantic aspect of long-term love. It’s in regards to the hole between who I’m and who I wish to be—love might be taken as a right, and reciprocity can slip by way of the cracks. This track is about being invisible to one another after which discovering one another once more.
sugar tree
This can be a track about my childhood and maturity love, and form of a self deprecating tackle suspended adolescence, and the way so many people boys want the nudge of a girl to make these life leaps. This one actually got here to life within the studio too, with Dougie and Meg ripping on it, and has the nice Jon Natchez enjoying this woodwind association I had written years in the past.
don’t fall again so simply
Don’t fall again so simply I wrote initially as a piano ballad. Bobby had the thought to sluggish it down and sludge it up and play it with the band and the track grew to become model new once more to my drained previous ears. This tune was a little bit of a place to begin and birthed the thought to report an album reside to tape with a band and transfer away from the piano and cinematic music.
this time i misplaced my thoughts
Wrote this across the time my daughter was born. It got here sooner than the others to put in writing. this one we recorded on our final day on the studio after we despatched the band dwelling, Simply Bobby, James Riotto and me, i performed the guitar half twice as quick slowed it down on the tape machine to get the guitar sound we appreciated. Was a peaceable and enjoyable and cathartic technique to end making the report.
an entire life
That is one other angle on a love track, about buying and selling humorous dusty previous infidelity tales along with your associate and having the ability to snigger about them and unlocking one other degree of your love. Was a enjoyable one to put in writing.
i might be your palms
That is one other one I wrote with Joe. It’s a love track about camaraderie and brotherhood with a form of Bonnie and Clyde vibe to it. We wrote the lyrics at his place in a single sitting, the chords and melody had been one thing I had kicking round for years and used instrumentally however it at all times felt prefer it ought to be a track to me. Glad to have it totally realized and out on the earth all this years later.
you & your boyfriend
That is my favourite one on the report. I wrote this years in the past with my previous band whereas we had been making an EP known as Human Love up in Stinson Seaside California. I had this concept of writing a track from the possible of a pathetic heartbroken fellow who needs his lady again and is prepared to take her new boy as a part of the deal. My bandmate David Baldwin got here up with my favourite line of the tune which is “he’s paying double however you possibly can keep free of charge” I at all times appreciated this yet another than anybody else within the band did. No one else appeared to know what to make of it however I like it so squeezed it on right here. It’s form of the route I’d wish to go when it comes to songwriting so it’s good that it’s the final one the report. Offers me a spot to choose up the place I left off on the subsequent one.
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upcoming tour dates
March fifteenth / Philadelphia, PA / Johnny Brenda’s
March 18th / Toronto, ON / Drake Underground
March twentieth / Chicago, IL / Outdated City Faculty of Folks Music
March twenty second / Portland, OR / The Outdated Church Live performance Corridor
March twenty third / Seattle, WA / Madame Lou’s
March twenty fifth / San Francisco, CA / The Chapel
March twenty seventh / Los Angele, CA / Lodge Room
April nineteenth / Paris, FR / Le POPUP du Label
April twentieth / Cologne, DE / Jake
April twenty first / Utrecht, NL / Membership 9 at TivoliVredenburg
April twenty third / Berlin, DE / Privatclub
April twenty eighth / London, UK / St Pancras Outdated Church
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tryin to be born
an album by Emile Mosseri