Actor, musician, director and photographer Adam Goldberg releases his fifth album under The Goldberg Sisters, ‘When The Ships Of My Dreams Return,’ out today. The title traces back to a stained glass window in his childhood home in Los Angeles, long remembered incorrectly until a recent visit revealed the true inscription. The phrase stayed with him. The record carries that sense of rediscovery, memory and emotional return.
“I recently drove past the old house and asked this woman out front if I could see it,” Goldberg shares. “I snapped a photo of this stained glass window which was nautically-themed and referenced ‘the ships of my dreams.’ My whole life, I’d constantly dreamt about this house, and when I saw that window, it felt like the literal ship of my dreams had returned.” The album marks the first time Goldberg performed, recorded and mixed the entire project himself.
“There’s a certain amount of neuroplasticity we all possess,” Goldberg says. “There’s always room for a bit more inspiration, creativity, or self-discipline, and the discovery that I possessed the bandwidth and elasticity to expand my own knowledge in this process was extremely encouraging. At the end of the day, it’s nice to realize you’re still able to feel something. And express it.” The result feels intimate and fully realized.
The record includes the Beatles-tinged “The Great Resignation,” featuring background vocals from Abigail and Lily Chapin of The Chapin Sisters, and the psych-pop pulse of “Our Kind of Love.”
When The Ships Of My Dreams Return Tracklist:
- The Spirit of ’76
- Call of the Wild
- Stuck With Me
- The Great Resignation
- Athleisure!
- Our Kind of Love
- Content
- I’d Rather Go Home Alone
- Echale La Culpa a Rio
- Driving with Elliott, Mark, and David on the PIP in December
- Everybody Is Dying
- When the Ships of my Dreams Return