When we released Jitterthink in May of 2021, it was the culmination of a couple of years of “work from home” life that I had been doing before the COVID-19 pandemic had ever started. I had been working as a…
April 26 of 2026 marks ten years since the official and definitive release of Swimming To The Stars (A) and Swimming To The Stars (B). Originally conceived as a single album and momentarily released on bandcamp in 2015, I made…
It might not be apparent how much thought went into the Barricade music video, but the narrative is pretty deeply intertwined with the lyrics. We used very minimal resources and effects to try to illustrate a fairly layered concept, and…
The first single from our debut full-length album “A Fearful Wonder” was released on March 15 of 2019. We had spent the last three years playing one-off shows here and there, leaving people intrigued but puzzled by our sound, and…
On September 7, 2024, we played our second last show before going on hiatus from the live stage. Set at the Meteor bar in Windsor, ON, we shared the stage with local prog wizards Blood Wolf Moon and some new…
During the last third of 2024, I spent a lot of time announcing that KOZEN would be taking a pause from live shows. If you weren't at one of our last three shows, this may come as a surprise to…
In a new video for Passionfroot, you can catch some of the raw emotions felt during the process leading up to our most recent single, “As Wide As Zen.” The time crunch on top of a long-held sense of perfectionism…
The last time we gave you a blog post on this site, it was 2022. Our latest release was the acoustic EP Undercurrent. Over the course of 2022, we played three shows…
As we come down to the end of the year, I feel a distinct mix of feelings. On the one hand – I can't help but wish we had more time in the year to do more things. Working with band members spread across multiple cities has always presented logistical challenges, and while we have found ways to make it work, it often feels like there just isn't enough time to get the whole squad together.
Our new single BACKPEDAL has been out for just over a week now, and we are excited by the response we've gotten so far. Some folks are saying that the lyrics are the best part of the song, while others…