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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.

This is the second of two "first singles" – the title track – from the upcoming Wilfred N & the Grown Men album, "Passing Through Time". I wrote this song when I reflected back to Jackie DeShannon singing What The World Needs Now is Love, Sweet Love so many years ago. We believed it then and I thought we would have it by now. ~ Wilfred

"Say Something" is the opening track of the brand new album by Wilfred N & the Grown Men – "Passing Through Time". This song makes me feel good. When I started recording it, the song definitely reminded me of the Ian Dury and the Blockheads album "Do It Yourself" that I listened to a lot. I was also thinking of Lou Reed. I miss them both! Please check my website www.wilfredkozub.com for lyrics, fu...

When Pluto got de-classified and subsequently booted out of our solar system, I was kinda sad. But in 2015 the NASA scientists got some great pictures of the little guy out there in the Kuiper Belt. It turned out the now 'dwarf planet' is really beautiful, surprising and intriguing! Gee, I wish I was Pluto. Here's another thing: that low guy voice singing "So - ho - cold" (and, in the tag, "I'm ho...

This song was a last minute decision when I was recording my new album "Passing Through Time". I had realized that it was (roughly) 33 1/13 years since the first Wilfred N & the Grown Men album, "Riding Double" in 1984. And I wanted to have a long-ish instrumental on the album, especially if I was able to get the album pressed on vinyl as well. It turned out that I wasn't able to afford doing viny...

This is the vocal version of "It's Spring!" This is the version that appears on the new Wilfred N & the Grown Men album – "Passing Through Time". You may have earlier heard an instrumental version of "It's Spring!" already up on my Soundcloud. That version is from my debut solo album of last year – "What's Gonna Become of Us". It's interesting to listen to both of them, back-to-back, to hear what...

This is a simple, touching piano piece that takes its time.

This playful electronic piece original was titled "I Don't Remember Your Name". You can call it that, if you like . . . but I changed it to Memory Bank. I don't remember why. I do know that it's on the 18-song (mostly instrumentals) album "What's Gonna Become of Us" by Wilfred Kozub on the Zönik Records label, released in late November 2015 . . . as I recall.

I do love this tune! It just makes me feel good. It is pure enthusiasm for spring which, up here in Edmonton where it gets pretty cold for quite long in the winter, is a welcome relief every year when it arrives. The lifeblood is running! This is the instrumental version with some wonderful trumpet/flugelhorn playing by Bob Tildesley, and some perfect banjo playing by Jamie Philp (just like I want...

This sounds like waves of electrons . . . I guess. I made this as one of a number of little pieces for background sound at an art show of my paintings. It seemed to fit in with the other music on my new solo album, What's Gonna Become of Us, so I put it in the lineup.

A little electronic, a little spaghetti western . . . a bit of whistling and only a smidge of singing near the end. This song is the basis for the short movie "The Weather" that Daryl Kozub and I made when the weather was real bad one day. Our movie's debut was shown on the big screen last October (2015) and now can be seen out there on YouTube. The music on the video is extended by a couple minut...

Hushed, curious and a bit sinister. A bass drum softly pulses, a little Rhodes-like piano and a pizzicato something. Don't forget the quiet, quiet guiro as the tune fades.

Do you ever wonder what's gonna become of us? I do. This song sounds like driving the city streets at night. What's Gonna Become of Us is the title track of the album bearing the title, What's Gonna Become of Us . . . the new one by Wilfred Kozub :)

The world IS changing colours . . . isn't it? I would say this little piece is quasi-classical-ish . . . with a measure of Booker T-ness. Admittedly, it's kinda quirky but . . . friendly! Trinkles of sound and sweet bits here and there.

Do you know why I'm fond of you? . . . answ: Because you're about to play this song. I think it's a pretty fun tune. Nothing heavy . . . just pure fondness for the frivolous.