"Forever, I've Been Born" is Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter's first new album since 2011's "Marble Son", and the band's 5th since 2002. A suite of masterful folk-rock songs, emotive songs from an open heart, dwelling in a brightness yet deep in the ethereal and melancholic. In the making for ten years, the album centres around the power of Jesse's incredible voice, which has never been more beautiful, evocative, and hauntingly intimate. Electric guitarist Phil Wandscher's playing masterfully frames these songs with classic and fractured tones, a duet of vulnerability and strength frequently on the edge. In Jesse's words "This album is our attempt at creating elegant folk and sometimes ragged, cosmic heart renderings, full of eulogies and laments. Our sound remains familiar enough, yet unrecognizable at times—we’ve gotten older and wearier—the music more fragile. Recorded in fits and starts, it took on a life of its own. I believe the soul comes and goes of its own volition and this record is a testament to this. When we started recording I remember saying, “play the songs as if the edge of a butterfly wing was brushing against your cheek in the dark, while holding a small child.” I wanted to connote tenderness and a state of grace in the wake of resolution—paying homage to the knowledge of a menacing undertone existing in the collective psyche that I could feel manifesting at the time we wrote the songs. I think the delay in releasing this record has been a blessing, as the lyrics seem more poignant to me now as the world shares in collective crisis. It is with great pleasure and humility that we bring you, Forever, I’ve Been Being Born. Listen in the dark." “Oh my gentle chaperone, this is where I stay, but this is not my home.” —- J.Sykes

A1. Feather Treasure
A2. Gentle Chaperone
A3. Dewayne
A4. I Still Hear Lorelie
A5. Winter's Empty Pages
B1. Dead End Pools
B2. Oh, My Sitter
B3. Forever, I've Been Being Born
B4. My Sweet Hereafter
B5. A New Medium