Description
//Secretly Canadian//
£26.99 – 1xLP, Limited Edition Natural Coloured Vinyl
Unguarded, wholly realised and entirely his own, Wesley Joseph’s long-awaited debut album sees the singer, songwriter, producer and director at his most confidently vulnerable, expressing the many layers of his creative life journey.
The result is ‘Forever Ends Someday’: 13 tracks of self-examination cut with expansive escapism. On the Danny Brown feature “Peace of Mind”, meanwhile, Joseph blasts through his anxieties and delivers a bass-rattling anthem with confidence and reassurance, “July” finds Joseph collaborate with Jorja Smith as the pair perform a rejoiceful callback, recorded in their hometown of Walsall, reminiscing on how far they’ve come, as well as all they have lost.
Three years in the making, Joseph took time away from the spotlight to find his story, choosing to pursue the honesty of his art rather than capitalising on career momentum. “I just treated the record like a vessel, throwing things into it from my life all the time,” he says.
The title Forever Ends Someday refers to the fleeting beauty of the present moment – “the idea that when you’re young things will last forever but then you grow up to realise youth is borrowed,” Joseph explains – the album’s tracks depict an honest reflection of human experience through both the light and dark.
Tracklisting:
SIDE A
1. Distant Man
2. White Tee
3. If Time Could Talk
4. Pluto Baby
5. Quicksand
6. Peace of Mind (feat. Danny Brown)
SIDE B
7. Blinded
8. July (feat. Jorja Smith)
9. Seasick
10. Manuka
11. Mind Games
12. Shadow Puppet
13. 100 Miles
