my debut ep, thank you for listening you beautiful human.

available on all digital outlets 
listen on spotify: joshu.art/linesoftimespotify 
listen on apple music: joshu.art/linesoftimeapple


released January 20, 2019 

created in antigua & barbuda 
recorded at irie fire studios 

credits 
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music / lyrics: joshu 
producers: justin “jus bus” nation & joshu 
recording engineer: hani hechme 
mastering engineer: gaëtan golembiewski 

vocals / guitar / bass / percussion: joshu
backing vocals: venisa gittens & arlen seaton
drums: david flemming
djembe: vaughn parker
violin: dan hodd
flute: jack huntington-rainey

cover illustrations: de la antigua

Lines of Time

track 3 from my debut ep 'lines of time' available everywhere.

Please Don't Change

Please Don’t Change

track 1 from my debut ep 'lines of time' available everywhere.

Maybe

track 4 from my debut ep 'lines of time' available everywhere.

The Light

track 5 from my debut ep 'lines of time' available everywhere.

The Shade

the first single from my debut ep "lines of time", coming 20 january 2019.

watch the video: https://youtu.be/tKE8aMgftL0
get the single: joshu.art/music/where-did-the-time-go


lyrics
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hello stranger, i'm a child
i can show you how you used to smile
be the things you can't express
that's when truth is at its best

i remember well
the way you used to tell
of how we found the sea
by mama’s mango tree
we all live in between
the silent silver screen
and someone’s fading dream

where did the time go? 

is this the way to half moon bay?
are these the words that you could never say?
is this the place i learned to laugh
before the silence in the photographs?

i remember well
the way you used to tell
of how we found the sea
by mama’s mango tree
we all live in between
the silent silver screen
and someone’s fading dream

where did the time go?


credits
---------
created in antigua & barbuda, 2018
recorded at irie fire studios

music / lyrics: joshu
producers: justin “jus bus” nation & joshu
recording engineer: hani hechme
mastering engineer: gaëtan golembiewski

vocals / guitar / bass / percussion: joshu
drums: david flemming
violin: dan hodd

artwork illustration: de la antigua

Lines of Time EP

Where Did The Time Go

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.