I was first introduced to Joseph Arthur through a rather eclectic roommate I had in university because this friend of mine admired the paintings that Mr. Arthur made. I must admit I wasn’t particularly thrilled when shown the artwork {although I do admire a lot of his work}, but I was immediatley blown away by the other endeavor of Joseph Arthur, that being the creation of music that will stand the test of time. Regardless of how much fame he achieves, or fails to achieve, I believe the cannon of Joseph Arthur works will live on long after he has stopped producing new songs {which probably won’t happen until after he passes away considering he’s currently in a little competition to be the most prolific singer songwriter of his generation with Ryan Adams}.
So today I sat at home, without having to suffer through a day job, and as I watched the snow blow through the neighborhood where I live I was reminded once again of this old album from 2004 entitled Our Shadows Will Remain (iTunes) which I always thought referenced the way that if an atomic bomb went off we might disappear, but our shadows would remain. And seeing as how I’m concerned with Global Warming, and I frequently theorize about the effects of a Global Winter {brought on by nuclear warfare or careless stewardship of resources}, my twisted brain was reminded of Joseph Arthur as I sat watching the snow drift and swirl, much like his melodic brand of music. As such, these three tracks hail from that album.
mp3 : Joseph Arthur - Echo Park
mp3 : Joseph Arthur - Puppets
mp3 : Joseph Arthur - A Smile That Explodes
Now due to a rather insatiable curiousity and the aforementioned lack of a real job I sauntered amongst the interwebs, looking at Mr. Arthurs website, checking out the new MOMAR, reading up in wiki, and finally stumbling upon the fact that just two days ago Stereogum debuted a song from Joseph Arthurs upcoming EP entitled Could We Survive which is set to be released on March 18 of this year. Following that release will come three more EP’s, roughly one a month, before a proper full length entitled All You Need Is Nothing drops on August 5. Until all that wonderfully prolific goodness hits the shelves you can satisfy yourself with this song that was premiered by the good folks over at Stereogum.
mp3 : Joseph Arthur - Rages of Babylon
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mymymy! this site is amazing. thanks so much!
Thanks for the music! I’m only familiar with some of Joseph Arthur’s work, as occasionally, a song of his will show up on a soundtrack I own. I’d like to add a cd of his to my collection - which of his albums is his best work, do you think?
although i appreciate almost all of Joseph Arthur’s work, i would get the album Our Shadows Will Remain which i talked about briefly in this post and have provided three tracks from. there’s a link in the post to buy it from amazon or itunes, and that’s the album i would recommend.
I just love his Redemption’s Son album. The title track is amazing.
I cannot thank you enough for posting Echo Park. I have loved this song for about three years now, but unfortunately lost it when my computer crashed a couple years back, and I haven’t been able to find the album version anywhere until now. So again, thankyouthankyouthankyou!