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LINER NOTES / THE JOSEY BLOG

New Blue Sun: Something More Than A Rap Album

February 12, 2024
by Josey Records

The long awaited solo album by Outkast member André 3000 made its debut in November, but to everyone’s surprise, the rapper never utters a word. ‘New Blue Sun’ explores ambient jazz languages and flute accents to convey its own conversation. While the tracklist features an almost cryptic kind of nonsense, don’t let it distract you. In its most quintessential state, ‘New Blue Sun’ is melodically vast.

Josey Exclusive: Brendan Bond Talks Black Pumas Tour, Inspiration and More

January 18, 2024
by Morgan Learn

Black Pumas broke the hinges off doors after the release of their debut album in 2019. The twists of soul and rock and roll ballads lent itself to a growing fanbase asking for more. In the height of their early success, the Austin band responded by delivering their sophomore album ‘Chronicles of a Diamond’ in October of 2023.

The New Sounds Of Goth Music

January 07, 2021
by Josey Records

In the year 2020, an epoch of history that will in retrospect surely be defined by disease and hopelessness, goth culture is simultaneously everywhere and nowhere. Goth style had permeated the mainstream long before fashion museums in New York City began showcasing the style as high art, and goth has more recently become popular amongst rappers looking towards the early 00’s for retro inspiration.

The Legend Of The Tax Scam LP

December 02, 2020
by Josey Records

The 1970s was a wild time in America. Things were free and loose. New York City was a veritable Wild West with disco ruling the clubs and the mob ruling everything else, including flexing their muscle in the music industry by getting involved with record labels to record huge losses that didn’t exist. How did it work?