Stream: “Spell”
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Twenty-three year old Kwesi Foraes, a folk-soul singer-songwriter, grew up in Long Beach California where he submersed himself early into the music scene studying, folk, rock n roll, and blues. Foraes spent years experimenting with different music styles and bands. But after a surge of 3 family deaths all within a year, Foraes faced a hard internal battle while struggling to overcome his personal demons that almost took his own life. Foraes at a point with few options of release searched for an escape & sense of truth in his music and found it like never before in darkest and most raw pockets of folk, expressing himself at the most vulnerable and visceral levels, embracing all truth and confronting all ills head on. Writing in trances of personal experiences and vivid encounters with spirits of his past, Foraes dedicated the last 4 years to bringing a perspective that is rooted far beyond just the music.
“what a soulful singer-songwriter should be, stripped back and uncluttered.” – Noisey
“a gentle, but intensely visceral tone” – Stereogum
“Foraes hems and howls like a blues singer caught between epiphany and defeat.” – NPR
“full of exquisitely raw emotion; the pipes on Foraes are some of the most expressive heard in a while.” – The FADER
Kwesi Foraes
27 EP
(Self-Released)
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Pre-order it here
Track List:
Track List:
1. Devil’s Child
2. Heroin
3. Pentacle 13
4. Water
5. Be (Bonus Track)
6. Spell
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