After friends reached out to ask for "instrumentals to study to", Josh. released "Memento Vivere: The Instrumentals" - the sister E.P. to the other E.P. of the same name. The first two tracks were featured on it's older brother, the latter were unreleased.

I Wanna Do Something Crazy And Run Away (instrumental)

Released in 2022, “Memento Vivere” is the latest and most polished E.P. release from Josh. From chorus-drenched vibes to more intimate, spacious and emotional slow numbers, this E.P. is the most pop oriented Josh. has been and is a reminder that you should “remember to live” out there, take risks, have fun, fall in love, and live for the moment! Features the songs “Drive to Nowhere” and “Maybe I Like Them”.

Guitars, Vocals, Instrumentals, Lyrics – Josh.
Vocal Mixing – Morris
Backing Vocals on “Drive to Nowhere” and “Maybe I Like Them” – rooby

Maybe I Like Them

Drive To Nowhere

The direct sequel to the song "London Beaches", released in 2020. Instead, this time targeted at catching COVID. A novelty single at best.

A lot of people, jokingly or not (I couldn’t tell), asked for a follow-up song to “London Beaches”. How do you follow up a novelty song where you can’t rap? Sample it, and make an even more time-specific song where your rapping is even worse!

I was ill with Covid-19 and, I can’t remember where the idea came from, but I came up with the first opening verse with the beat to famous rap song “The Message”. After realizing, I can’t really sample this, I retweeked the “London Beaches” drum pattern, wrote a new bassline and repeating chord sequence (inspired by Hypnotize;s guitar sample) and had the instrumental finished by the time I was finished with Covid-19. I ripped a dope solo which was ontop of an already existing solo in the background and got my, sick, brother to help me do the cheers and whoops. I also sampled “Supa Hot Fire” and “OH MAH GAWD” for the laughs too.

I fell much more into the politics side that “London Beaches” touched upon, with references to Matt Hancock and Boris Johnson along with callbacks to Beaches with the “I’m so lonely” and “has no grace or style”.

Redacted Virus (A.K.A London Beaches II)

To conclude on his releases of 2022 – Josh. released single “Acoustic Beginnings (2022 Version)” – a long-awaited remake of a fan-favourite from his first album. Josh. has said “It’s an old song I had written on my first album but never felt the recording was good enough.”

Acoustic Beginnings (2022 Version)

During late 2021 to early 2022, Josh. wrote numerous amount of songs (dubbed “For The Sake of Music” period) and by the time of March, Josh. has streamlined his song list to three releases. The “Redacted Virus” release, Memento Vivere E.P. and this E.P. – “To Wander Aimlessly is Very Unswinging”.

Compromised of six of the most experimental and non-Josh-like songs in his discography, this E.P. marks Josh’s first steps into rock, shoegaze, progressive rock and returning back to his simple singer-songwriter roots. It features fan-favourite “In My Little Corner of Memories”, which was released prior in a raw video take. The latter three tracks were added a year after release as to fully flesh out the E.P. and were also written around the same time.

Somewhere Between My Eyes

Pour Descloux

Abhorence

Beautifully Distorted Monsters

Desolation

In My Little Corner Of Memories

Local acquaintance and indie Londoner "Josh." has had a short but extensive discography covering all things “independently made”.

He’s a self-produced singer-songwriter self-taught-guitarist London-teen-heartthrob who makes alternative music from chorus drenched vibes to more acoustic thoughtful things such as the singles “Sleeping On My Shoulder,” “Goodbye Sixteen (I Don’t Want To Grow Up),” “London Beaches” and “Maybe I Like Them.”

This account is 3/4 documenting his third year into his career, 2022.

Josh. (UK) (2022)

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