At a Glance

Mood: Windows down. Summer up.

Ingredients: Sunshine, horsepower, young love and just enough stardust to make the drive feel endless.

Full Story

After the shadows of Prelude/If You Could See, I knew the record needed to throw open a window.

Galaxy Baby is that fresh air.

Joel Crisp and I always seemed to meet somewhere in the middle. I'd bring a musical idea, he'd bring his unmistakable voice and writing instincts, and together we'd discover where the song really wanted to go. This one never tried to be anything more complicated than it needed to be.

It's a love song.

Not the kind that asks a hundred questions.

The kind that grabs your hand, tosses you the keys and says, "Let's get out of here."

Maybe that's why it drifts into outer space every now and then. Sometimes the quickest way to escape this world is to imagine another one.

Joel's vocal has that effortless confidence that makes difficult things sound easy, and that's exactly what this song needed.

The universe is a pretty big place.

If you're lucky enough to find your person, go take the ride.