Lyrics
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Love isn’t dangerous, if you don’t know what to say
Just pay at the entrance and it will be okay
Tell me again why you want to be alone
How can you tell if you never feel at home?

Oh, brother, are you listening now?
Take the words and make them work somehow
I’m not alone, I’m just lying at home in my afterthoughts
Here comes the rain and I’m smiling again in these silent knots
Where’s the worry now?

Wade in the water, you’re feeling over-alive
Drink in the cloud now before the sun arrives
Let it be real, let it be whole
It’s only the struggle that’s weighing down your soul

Oh, brother, are you listening now?
Take the words and make them work somehow
I’m not alone, I’m just lying at home in my afterthoughts
Here comes the rain and I’m tied up again in these silent knots

Oh oh oh, brother, are you listening now?
Take the words and make them work somehow
I’m not alone, I’m just lying at home in my afterthoughts
Here comes the rain and I’m smiling again in these silent knots
Where’s the worry now?

Ocean Daze

Afterthoughts

Raised in Antigua & Barbuda on mangoes, calypso, and the ocean, Joshu crafts quietly beautiful indie folk songs meant for gentle afternoons or silent moments alone.  With British roots, his Caribbean childhood was steeped in the eclectic musical tastes of his parents and the island.  From John Martyn to Jack Johnson to King Short Shirt, these influences have inspired a beautiful combination of folk and groove with deep lyrical content.

His first EP Lines of Time, co-produced with Justin “JusBus” Nation (John Legend, Jah Cure, Kes) garnered over 2 million streams, with the single Where Did the Time Go winning the John Lennon Songwriting Contest in 2019.  Following this success, they collaborated again on the follow-up Ocean Daze EP, which interwove gaelic-inspired melodies and West Indian rhythms for a soft, nostalgic island sound.

Emerging from the pandemic, just as his covid project was getting dangerously close to becoming a full time job (he started a mushroom farm), Joshu returned with a Mahogany Session, featuring the title track of his new EP, way back home.  Inspired by a journey sailing across the Atlantic, the record serves as an introspective exploration of place, pondering how one comes to belong in a land, and the quiet discomfort of never feeling truly at home.