wistful

The wistful Crumbling Empire draws parallels between the post-industrial decline of Detroit and Fender's hometown of North Shields, while Rein Me In finds him struggling to shake the ghosts of a failed relationship.

Fittingly, “In My Life” features producer George Martin’s wistful piano solo, which he later described as his “Bach inversion.”

The drink was a Laphroaig whisky - a smoky, peaty Scottish malt, like pouring a wistful but rather melancholy highland walk into a tumbler.

John’s wistful, symphonic poem suddenly took on a new shade.

The music still puts catchy vocal hooks over chunky guitar fuzz, though the LP also includes a laid-back rap-rock collab with Wiz Khalifa and a pretty credible country tune in the wistful “Deserve You.”