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Instrumental track with minimal spoken vocals

Traditionally, the b-side of a single is the fun side, and on Wilfred N’s 2014 spring single the b-side is "Playing In The Mud". Here is what Wilfred has to say about it: "Last summer, we added a load of fresh dirt to our flower garden. Then it rained . . . and rained . . . and rained . . . and the garden turned into a soppy mess of MUD. Our grand kids were over and we let them go at it – little k...

“Knocking Down the Door” was written by Wilfed Kozub and recorded in Edmonton, Canada and first released on the digital EP “We’ll Get There First” in October 2019. This release was intended as a preview of fresh tracks that would be appearing on the full album “Impossible World” by Wilfred N & the Grown Men. Knocking Down the Door – an ambitious indie production that celebrates the triumph of the...

edit navigation bar Awake Asleep from Impossible World by Wilfred N & the Grown Men Wishlist Edit Bulk Edit 00:00 / 03:14 Streaming + Download Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. $1 CAD or more Buy the Full Digital Album about “Awake Asleep” is a song I was eager to let people hear, so I put it out on a digital (limited) album p...

“Nobody Has to Know” was originally released as a cd single by Wilfred N & the Grown Men" and on a YouTube video in April 2014. A new mix of the song appears on the new wngm album “Impossible World” (July 15, 2022 release date). There is always an element of the silent unknown in the secret life of a regular person. “The two of us is magic – you and me and me and you”. “Just float down the silent...

“I Guess We’re in Love” was recorded in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and was released as a limited digital single previewing its inclusion on the upcoming Wilfred N & the Grown Men album “Impossible World”. The song started as just a pleasant melodic idea around the line “I guess we’re in love”. In any relationship, there are difficulties over time. A strong relationship gets through those difficulti...

“Prelude to the Sun” is the opening track on the album “Impossible World” by Wilfred N & the Grown Men. The song is an introduction to the album and a preview of the full version of the song “Waiting for the Sun” that appears later on the album.

“Moonray” was completed in March 2021, recorded in my home in Edmonton. The vacant years of 2020 and 2021 … and continuing into 2022 left me feeling like the sun had disappeared. But I still had my moonray. I’ve become accustomed to the loss of warmth and light. Who needs the sun anymore?

Life goes fast but it's still going on strong. I admit that this song is pretty irresistible. I wasn't going to release it until the new Wilfred N & the Grown Men comes out, but, honestly, we've been waiting so long with this pandemic thing going on that I just couldn't wait any longer for you to hear it. Are you following me? . . . cuz I'm following you!

A remembered feeling of hurt and regret in a lost relationship.

This is a purely fun song of unbridled joy that Wilfred N & the Grown Men used to play live many years ago and recorded for our album "Day Off" in 1995.

NEW NEW NEW!!! I don’t know exactly what I was thinking when I was writing “Living in the Future”. I doubt that it was the usual futuristic stuff – robots . . . artificial intelligence . . . that Dick Tracy watch we’ve all been waiting for (oh yeah, sorry . . . ummm, the Apple Watch!). But I knew that living in the future was going to be something. And I guess I was right. We are living in the fut...

This is a tender song of disappointment in a relationship. The song is from the album "Thunder on the Tundra" recorded in 1987 . . . "the year everything happened," according to Wilfred N. This was one of the more successful songs for Wilfred N & the Grown Men in terms of radio airplay, with plays across Canada and several stations in Europe. A version of "Sailing on a Cruiser" was recorded in liv...

New New NEW!! This is an advance of one of the songs from our upcoming full album – "We'll Get There" – by Wilfred N & the Grown Men. "The damage that has been done can be turned around; the sadness in the world buried in the ground . . . Kindness in the heart make a life more pure, now we are so in love . . . LOVE". Yes . . . LOVE is the answer, but there's work to be done. "Do you value world pe...

A pulsating song that is sinister yet reassuring . . . I hope. "There is a New World Coming and it's coming down on me . . . there's a New World Coming, gonna set us all free . . . coming down from the sky, coming into your heart . . . yeah, there's a New World Coming . . . it's gonna be alright." Now available for purchase at Bandcamp: https://wilfrednthegrownmen.bandcamp.com/track/new-world-comi...

Knocking Down the Door – an ambitious indie production that celebrates the triumph of the silent underdog over the bullying oppressors. ANGER . . . Smouldering in Silence!! They may seem gentle, but they’re dead serious. Wilfred Kozub - vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitars, spoken vocals Amy van Keeken - additional vocals, spoken vocals and chorus vocals Jamie Philp - electric guitars Nik Kozub - b...

Waiting For the Sun – It’s retro. It’s the future. This new Wilfred N folk song gets the synth pop treatment . . . cheerfully mysterious with an added potion of psychedelia. The sun that makes me feel everything more real . . . I’m waiting for the sun. Pleasant stuff indeed! Wilfred Kozub - vocals, synths and acoustic guitar

Awake Asleep – That’s right. You’re awake . . . then you’re asleep. Then, finally, you’re ASLEEP . . . alright now WAKE UP!! I admit I was thinking about Laurie Anderson when I was recording this song. And when Christine Hanson came in to play cello, it elevated everything. Wilfred Kozub - basic keyboard tracks, vocals, acoustic guitar Christine Hanson - cellos

Thunder 2020 – In 1987 Wilfred N and the Grown Men brought us Thunder on the Tundra and the song became a local fave in the band’s home town of Edmonton. In 2020 the song is back with a bit of a new look and a new sound, closer to the way the group plays it live today. Wilfred Kozub - basic tracks, vocals, acoustic guitar Jamie Philp - vocals Christine Hanson - cello Nik Kozub - bass guitar

When I was a kid, I loved those silly little comedy-pop tunes that used to come around on the radio once in a while – Please Mr. Custer, Witch Doctor, My Boomerang Won't Come Back . . . Stan Freberg, Charlie Drake . . . there were lots. I had this sweet little tune hangin' around called "I Could Be A Genius". It didn't particularly fit with my other music, so I decided to do a one-off. I played ar...

I don't want this job anymore. Somebuddy please help me.

NEW version of "I'll Never Understand Why" When Edmonton’s Wilfred N & the Grown Men released their (tenth) album, Passing Through Time, one of the key songs on the album was I’ll Never Understand Why. Now here is a fresh new duo version of that song recorded through track sharing with my cyber-friend and now "real" friend in the Netherlands, Rob van der Plas . . . "I'll Never Understand Why" reco...

A playful song with synth bits and ebow guitar that is about the time I woke my wife up with loud experimental sounds I was making in my downstairs studio in the middle of the night when she wanted to be sleeping.

I don't mean to lay a bummer on you, but here it comes. Summer is gone . . . gone for the summer. And there's other stuff too. General malaise. This is a brand new tune that I want you to hear. It won't be 'out' on a new Wilfred N & the Grown Men album until probably this time next year, but it does seem appropriate right now. I'm going to leave this tune up on my Soundcloud for a while and then t...

"I'll Never Understand Why" is the first of two 'first singles' from the upcoming album "Passing Through Time" by Wilfred N & the Grown Men of Edmonton, Canada. The 8-song album, our 10th, will be released on January 20th, 2016.