Album Notes

Producer Michael Nowak describes "In the Picture" as "that rare combination of substance and listenability. Melodies you can't get out of your head sung with heartfelt vocals over musically engaging tracks.”

"Somebody Sometimes," the opening track, sets the tone for the album. This song isn’t just a pop song about leaning on friends in troubled times. It also touches on empowerment: voicing your thoughts and emotions; freeing and forgiving yourself; and moving on.

“If There’s a Way” profiles the gut wrenching push and pull that sometimes takes over a relationship. The song is really a post-breakup song when you can clearly see how things went wrong but still haven’t accepted that it’s over. The track’s haunting cello grabs at your emotions right from the beginning and doesn’t let up through the building arrangement of guitars, drums, bass, vocals, and strings.

Similarly, “Look Back” is a bittersweet song about the regret you feel when you realize you have taken the people in your life for granted. It captures that aching feeling you get when you realize that you have been going through the motions and have lost sight of the important things in life.

This is a powerful collection of moving and memorable pop songs by Vancouver artist, Ian Edwards. These are songs that you will come back to time and time again.