Joshua Idehen - Learn To Swim, A Mixtape *Pre-Order

Release Date Friday 30th October 2026
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.

'Learn To Swim' takes shape around 10 individually characterised tracks, from
the whirring beat and gospel undertones of “Don’t You Give Up On Me”, to the
playful, percussion-layered offering of “Best Kind Of Lost”, the project displays
the innate musicality and natural versatility of Joshua Idehen. Remaining
consistent throughout, is Idehen’s distinct spoken-word delivery, affirmative, yet
reassuring, his vocality invoking sincerity and trust in his narrative.
Speaking on the mixtape, Idehen explains:
“Learn to Swim' is collection of songs written and recorded in the middle
months of 2021, around the same time, I started learning to swim. I’d convinced
myself my bones were too dense to float, and actually, they are, so I'd given up
for decades, until an old Swedish teacher told me, “So you’re not a jellyfish,
you're a shark, keep moving or die". Still can't float, but I'm still learning.”
'Learn To Swim' Mixtape was released digitally in April 2023.
100 vinyl were pressed and are now incredibly rare to find.
"Beautiful beyond words." - Discogs.
"Honest and celebratory, compassionate and full of goodwill... A beautiful
selection of songs. And a selection of songs everyone should find time in their
lives for." - Louder Than War
"Learn To Swim offers a captivating soundscape that blends Idehens distinctive
spoken word poetry, soulful singing, and electronic beats" - Gigwise

Tracklisting
1. Don’t You Give Up On
Me
2. This World’s A
Madness
3. Best King Of Lost
4. What We’re Doing
Tonight
5. Learn To Swim, Pt. 2
6. Last Time
7. Unfold
8. End Of The Line
9. I Got You Every Step Of
The Way (For Leone
Ross)
10. All The Same

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