April showers bring weird music. I’m very pleased to announce Justin H.K.’s next album “HEADROOM” arriving April 18, 2025. “HEADROOM” is a dynamic album with an experimental folk-rock core, and a dark, melodramatic theming that ties diverse sounds and stories together.
In an attempt to take a breath, and focus on quality and engagement for this and future Justin H.K. releases I’ll be slow dripping the singles for this release, as well as attempting a couple of low budget music videos. “Headroom” will be the lead single with an accompanying music video and will be released September 13, 2024. Next up is “Waiting,” also with accompanying music video, releasing November 22, 2024. The final single “Crybaby” releases March 7, 2025.
While I was filming for the “Headroom” music video I found a good opportunity to play through the song in the greenhouse, so uhh, here’s that.
Lyrics:
I like to go, where the lots of Headroom
I don’t breathe my own bad air
I like to go, where the skies are open
So I can stay where all I got to do is stare
I used to live a life, of a stone cold killer
Then I killed that part of me, left it behind
Now I can go where I can try to find the future
So I can stay where I can wait around to die
All music, lyrics, production, recording, and marketing done by Justin Hurst-Kehus. Recorded summer 2024 at Dirt Witch Records.
Tracked and mixed in Studio One 4 and mastered via Bandlab. Distribution through Distrokid and Bandcamp.
Equipment Used: PRS SE Guitar, Marshall tube amp, Fender Acoustic with Woody submarine amp, Davison bass, Rogue bass , Drive bass amp, R.W. Jameson banjo, Ohana ukulele, Pearl Cajon, Mixed Pulse and Drumfire drum kit with additional Baja cowbell and Wuhan china cymbal, Shure SM 57 and 58 microphones, Yamaha YPT 220 keyboard, Behringer Fuzz, Vintage OD, wah-wah and vintage reverb pedal, M-Track Solo A/O
Dirt Witch Records 
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