jaew - sunsetting halcyons

released September 5, 2025.

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2025 was a weird year. august was a weird month. towards the end of august was one of the weirdest weeks of my life.

one of my closest friends visted, and she helped me rediscover what i want from life and art. i felt like a new girl. as this was happening, the relationship i was in for eight months fell apart.

it is a LONG TRAUMA DUMPY STORY THAT MUSN'T BE TOLD HERE. but feeling the highest highs and the lowest lows simultaneously gave me the drive to revive these songs - these weird ass emo breakcore songs, equally parts sun kil moon and bogdan raczynski - from the dead.

i started the songs in december 2024, inspired by the isolation that also inspired Hinterland Aches. the relationship i had with the close friend who visited was also an inspiration, funnily enough. the title track came about one night in my parents house, completely paralyzed on what to do with my life. everything i wanted seemed impossible to achieve.

sunsetting halcyons is a loved up album, first and foremost. it's about my ex girlfriend. it's about silly impossible crushes becoming real. it's about pining and distance. but it's also an album about limerence and codependency, cross country moves without much thought put into them, long, long drives and cutting ties.

it's also an album of 170bpm amen breaks and ragga samples and YTP references. and also pwetty ambient bits cos u know, im josie. it's one of my most honest and heartfelt releases.