Stephan Folkes ‘Hazard’ – out now!

Stephan Folkes doesn’t knock on the door with Hazard — he kicks it open. This is the sound of someone who’s faced real danger, real loss, and come out not just intact, but evolved. Each track blurs lines between genres like a heatwave in a dreamscape: funk and soul ripple beneath the haze of indie rock, R&B vocals rise over experimental beats, and yet the whole thing feels cohesive — urgent, but never chaotic.

From the defiant strut of Say It Like You Mean It to the interstellar introspection of It’s All Within Time, Folkes paints in big emotional strokes. And when he sings “Is this paradise, or just the echo of grief?” you believe him — because every lyric here feels carved out of lived experience. There’s a fearlessness in his vulnerability, a refusal to gloss over the messiness of becoming whole.

What makes Hazard stick isn’t just the genre play or the polished production — it’s the emotional torque behind it. Folkes doesn’t just sing about danger, he maps its contours and teaches you how to survive it. This debut isn’t a flex. It’s a signal flare.

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