Wesley Harper is a Catskill-based songwriter, producer and instrumentalist whose debut album is Fun Pain. It is a practice in following your gut and embracing uncertainty. Through its intricate sonic shades and lyrical sincerity, the album feels both familiar and strange, like déjà vu or a contorted reflection in a store window. 

Wesley has long been a staple of his musical community, playing and producing in both Camp Saint Helene and Gary’s Dream, while also recording and producing for others at his studio (Maeve Schallert, Greg Farley, Samuel Boat, Gary’s Dream, The Straps).

Fun Pain is an accumulation of Harper’s experiences, but it’s also a canvas of spontaneity and ease; a carte blanche creation where he fully dives into the spiral of sounds and selves.

“For me, human intuition is the closest I get to feeling a spiritual connection,” he says. “I think we all have that capacity to reach out in front of ourselves and pull something that's true.”

written by Sammy Maine