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ongoing Covid-19 affairs | #FTHB (The Sterx Versions) // Truly Love The Hunt

“From The Hermit's Bedroom marks Jean Koning’s songwriting coming-of-age” Observer Music Monthly “dense and intense…beauty and passion unravels with repeated plays” 4* Heat “without question his finest [album] since the scorching ‘theLOTUStape’” The Times It’s been five years since the release of FROM THE HERMIT’S BEDROOM—an album based on experiences of total lockdown. A self-imposed lockdown, that is. After years of premiers, openings, and high-class parties, #JK choose to retreat from public-life. However, experience proved, when there’s less white noise coming from the outside, the inner workings tend to seek them in news clippings, rumors, and fantasies. In the wake of such an epiphany, #JK wrote the stories for his fifth solo album. Inspired by books, news events and the outside world—which found a way to seep in through the doors and windows—and on a daily dose of hallucinogenic mushrooms, he fought against the thought of being imprisoned by his own echoes. During the record

ongoing Covid-19 affairs | FROM THE HERMIT'S BEDROOM (The Sterx Versions) // releases March 30

This March 30, FROM THE HERMIT'S BEDROOM in its Sterx Version will be available to stream! A preview has been released today on BandCamp, which is also available to pre-order. (This will be the only place to buy the album digitally until further notice.) From The Hermit's Bedroom [The Sterx Versions] by Jean Koning From The Hermit's Bedroom marks Jean Koning’s songwriting coming-of-age -Observer Music Monthly Dense and intense…beauty and passion unravels with repeated plays... ★★★★   -Heat Without question his finest [album] since the scorching ‘theLOTUStape’  -The Times It’s been five years since the release of FROM THE HERMIT’S BEDROOM—an album based on experiences of total lockdown. A self-imposed lockdown, that is. After years of premiers, openings, and high-class parties, #JK choose to retreat from public-life. However, experience proved, when there’s less white noise coming from the outside, the inner workings tend to seek them in news clippings, rumors, and fantasies