KOZEN

May 7, our song JITTERTHINK turned 5 years old!

Seven years ago today, we released “To The Wind.” To this day it seems to be the favourite Kozen song for many of you.

This song is for everyone who has ever felt caught “in between” competing pressures—community, belief, belonging, conviction, continuity. I know I’m not the only one walking that fine line or fighting for that balance.

Please feel free to share your own experience with this song in the comments!

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 without having any single song that perfectly encapsulated everything that was the “Kozen” sonic aesthetic. To The Wind became that summary statement, and quickly our most popular song.

For me, the song was born as an affirmation of faith rather than a rejection of it. Jericho and Jared wrote the original instrumental demo, which had the working title “(Caution) To The Wind.” Jericho pitched the idea of “throwing caution to the wind in your pursuit of truth,” which I really did resonate with. But It was ever so slightly to the side of what I was going through at the time.

Seven Years of To The Wind 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...