Singer, songwriter, and composer Emile Mosseri spills his aching heart and heavy soul on “Don’t Fall Back So Easily,” a tender, McCartneyesque ballad of love, longing, and letting go taken off his forthcoming sophomore album, ‘tryin to be born.’
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Stream: “Don’t Fall Back So Easily” – Emile Mosseri
If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years as a hopeless romantic, it’s that the heart is much stronger than the head.
Love is not rational, nor is it logical or coherent. It strikes when it wants, how it wants, and more often than not, we’re sitting ducks – hopeless, helpless, and at the mercy of forces far outside our control. Yes, we have agency, and yes, we are more than the sum of our parts, but something about love (past and present) tends to make us weak in the knees and in the mind. It really is a drug – so when we hear Emile Mosseri pleading for a former love interest not to fall back in love with him, we understand that he’s begging for the both of them; because he’s not necessarily strong enough to hold his own alone. The singer, songwriter, and composer spills an aching heart and heavy soul on “Don’t Fall Back So Easily,” a tender, McCartneyesque ballad of love, longing, and letting go.
And when you try to say goodbye
I pull you back so easily
And when you try to fly
Your wings were frozen over
Hold on, hold on,
Don’t fall back so easily
Hold on, hold on,
Don’t fall back so easily
Don’t fall back in love
with me so easily
Atwood Magazine is proud to be premiering “Don’t Fall Back So Easily,” a gentle giant of intimacy, heartache, and raw vulnerability. The third single taken off Emile Mosseri’s forthcoming sophomore LP tryin to be born (out February 21, 2025 via Greedy Heart Records) follows this summer’s singles “Wasting Your Love” and “Once in a While,” and sees him and his band – comprised of Meg Duffy (Hand Habits), Dougie Stu, and Kosta Galanopolous – crafting a cinematic, breathtakingly beautiful moment of unfiltered, honest human connection.
“I wrote ‘Don’t Fall Back So Easily’ originally as a piano ballad,” Mosseri tells Atwood Magazine. “Bobby Krlic had the idea to slow it down and sludge it up and play it with the band and the song became brand new again to my tired old ears. This tune was a bit of a starting point and birthed the idea to record an album live to tape with a band and move away from the piano and cinematic music.”
Oh, tell me no
Yeah, tell me no
‘Cause I don’t have the strength to let you go
Oh, tell me no
You’ve got to tell me no
‘Cause I don’t have the strength to let you go
Hold on, hold on,
Don’t fall back so easily
Hold on, hold on,
Don’t fall back so easily
Don’t fall back in love
with me so easily
Known primarily for his work as a composer – his scored films include including The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019), Kajillionaire (2020), and Minari (2020) – for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score – Emile Mosseri is now emerging as a formidable artist as well; his debut studio album Heaven Hunters, released last year, found him channeling the cinematic elements of his scores into emphatic, spellbinding songs reflecting on his own identity, purpose, place, drives, loves, and more. His upcoming sophomore effort, tryin to be born, showcases some sonic dismantling on his part as, together with producer Bobby Krlic and his all-star bandmates, Mosseri moves his sound further from the cinematic world and into a rawer ‘indie’ space.
“This album was produced by my brother in rock n’ roll, Bobby Krlic,” Mosseri smiles. “I wrote most of the record over the course of a month late last year and we recorded it live to tape in Alhambra in five days with Bobby and dream band Meg Duffy, Dougie Stu and Kosta Galanopoulos. I would teach the band the tunes each morning in the studio and we’d try to catch good takes like fresh fish. It felt like a little family and we hit a frequency that was special.”
Stay tuned for more to come from Emile Mosseri over these next few months as he continues to unveil tryin to be born, and for now, get lost in the yearning, the heartache, and the sweet, seductive, hopeless romance of “Don’t Fall Back So Easily,” streaming exclusively on Atwood Magazine!
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