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Joesef
Joesef
country: UK
genre: R&B/Soul
styles: Indie R&B, Indie Soul, Uk Alternative Pop
Borderline
Single
Reviews and Comments
His soulful songs sound like he has already lived a very long life and seen the entire world, carrying all its pain on his tongue." – MYP Magazine
“A musician after our own heart” – Gay Times
"love and heartbreak spun into sonic honey" – i-D
“Heavenly, impeccable, masterful, soul-stirring” – Vogue UK
"The wistful lamentations overlayed with sparkly pop-beats took audiences by storm—culminating in the upcoming release of his debut album, Permanent Damage this month." - Friends of Friends
"Borderline was the last song I’d written for the album. It’s a very literal conversational song, and the production is all so close. I wanted it to feel like you are in the room there with us. Sometimes when a song is written with this pace, with a sort of gentleness to it, there is this tendency to want to speed it up or make it bigger. We tried a few things but nothing felt as true to the story as the version you can hear on the album. I still find it quite difficult to listen to. It’s about knowing you’ll never be able to be the version of yourself that someone who otherwise would have been perfect, deserves a right person, wrong time kind of song." - Joesef about Borderline
"I've always found it quite difficult to find peace in myself. Always moving, always thinking, always dreaming, always searching. Until I started making music it was the more destructive aspects of my personality that took over in order to cope with an ever changing landscape of feeling I couldn’t maintain control of.
Permanent Damage is about fighting in the street on the way home, kissing in the taxi, having nothing to say in the morning. holding grief in your hands and carrying it with you indefinitely. There is a permanence in what we went through together and it’s affected the way I carry myself and the way I see the world. It's about grieving for a version of myself that I don’t think I’ll ever be able to get back.” - Joesef about his debut album
latest releases
Single
Cynical
out on November 01, 2024
via Bold Cut
EP
Permanent Damage (Live at 45)
out on March 15, 2024
via Bold Cut
Single
It's Been A Little Heavy Lately (Live at 45)
out on March 12, 2024
via Bold Cut
Single
Just Come Home With Me Tonight (Live at 45)
out on February 13, 2024
via Bold Cut
Single
Joe (Paul Woolford Remix)
out on May 26, 2023
via Bold Cut
Single
Let's Stay Together
out on April 13, 2023
via Bold Cut
