Joshua Burnside - It's Not Going To Be Okay LP (Blue, Colored, Ofgv)

When Belfast songwriter Joshua Burnside began writing 'It's Not Going to Be Okay', he wasn't chasing a concept. He was trying to survive. The album was born from loss, written in the quiet aftermath of his closest friend Dean Jendoubi's passing. In that stillness, Burnside stripped everything back. Gone were the dense textures and surreal folk tales; what remained were bare, trembling songs that told the truth.