Featuring Marissa Nadler on several tracks. «Forever, I’ve Been Born» is Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter’s first new album since 2011’s «Marble Son», and the band’s 5th since 2002. A suite of masterful folk-rock songs, emotive songs from an open heart, dwelling in a brightness yet deep in the ethereal and melancholic. In the making for ten years, the album centres around the power of Jesse’s incredible voice, which has never been more beautiful, evocative, and hauntingly intimate. Electric guitarist Phil Wandscher’s playing masterfully frames these songs with classic and fractured tones, a duet of vulnerability and strength frequently on the edge.