Some songwriters tell stories and some songwriters tell their story. It’s the latter with Glasgow’s Joesef, whose lithe, soulful pop is weighted with the emotions of living life and then mulling it all over the morning after. It’s there on the hazy disco groove of 2022 single “It’s Been a Little Heavy Lately,” where he reflects on the complicated dynamics of a post-breakup reunion, and the neo-soul swing of 2021’s “Fire,” which finds him coming to the realization that you can’t ever outrun your problems. Heartbreak is a recurring lyrical theme in these sleek, languid pop productions, Joesef’s hypnotic, soothing croon at the center of everything. That the melancholy is always delivered with such a hopeful aftertaste is testament to a songwriter who has mastered a lightness of touch even in the heaviest of subjects.