Lyrics
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It’s getting late and I can’t stay
I’m going back, back to my ocean daze
I find it hard, but that’s okay
I'm going back, back down to yesterday

And baby, I can’t be your medicine
I’ve got to sleep alone tonight
Wake up to find the rain is gone
Did it fall all night?

I’m holding on but something’s changed
I’m going back, back down to rearrange

Oh baby, I can’t be your medicine
I’ve got to sleep alone tonight
Wake up to find the rain is gone
Did it fall all night?

Oh well, I can’t be your medicine
I’ve got to sleep alone tonight
Wake up to find the rain is gone
Did it fall?
Did it change my world at all?
Did it fall?
Did it change my world at all?
Did it fall?
Did it change my world?

It’s getting late and I can’t stay
I’m going back, back to my ocean daze

Ocean Daze

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.