Joseph Arthur

PJ_Soul

Sweet. I enjoyed Arthur Buck.

I wonder how in the fuck Peter actually lost that tooth? (geez, my vote is for a regular white tooth ffs, lol)

Loujoe

kramer73

PJ_Soul said:

RP112579 said:

PJ_Soul said:

RP112579 said:

Really dig this album.

Yes, it's a really good album, I like it a lot. I didn't know there was a coloured version.

It was an indie record store exclusive. The website I linked above actually has the colored version, too. It's not as cheap as the black vinyl on clearance, but it's still 20% off

We talked about this, lol.  😀😀😀

PJ_Soul

kramer73 said:

PJ_Soul said:

RP112579 said:

PJ_Soul said:

RP112579 said:

Really dig this album.

Yes, it's a really good album, I like it a lot. I didn't know there was a coloured version.

It was an indie record store exclusive. The website I linked above actually has the colored version, too. It's not as cheap as the black vinyl on clearance, but it's still 20% off

We talked about this, lol.  😀😀😀

Did we? Oh, well then I forgot all about it.

goldrush

@PJ_Soul Not sure if you follow Joseph on Instagram, but he’s put a pretty cool cover of Blind Melon’s ‘Change’ on his page today

PJ_Soul

goldrush said:

@PJ_Soul Not sure if you follow Joseph on Instagram, but he’s put a pretty cool cover of Blind Melon’s ‘Change’ on his page today

That sounds amazing. I don't use Instagram... are you able to maybe link it here? I tried looking for it, but didn't see this.

goldrush

PJ_Soul said:

goldrush said:

@PJ_Soul Not sure if you follow Joseph on Instagram, but he’s put a pretty cool cover of Blind Melon’s ‘Change’ on his page today

That sounds amazing. I don't use Instagram... are you able to maybe link it here? I tried looking for it, but didn't see this.

This should be it:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/BwxoeghAiNe/?hl=en

Blind Melon played a surprise show after the screening of the Danny Clinch film and Joseph, Nico, and Brian Fallon sang there

PJ_Soul

goldrush said:

PJ_Soul said:

goldrush said:

@PJ_Soul Not sure if you follow Joseph on Instagram, but he’s put a pretty cool cover of Blind Melon’s ‘Change’ on his page today

That sounds amazing. I don't use Instagram... are you able to maybe link it here? I tried looking for it, but didn't see this.

This should be it:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/BwxoeghAiNe/?hl=en

Blind Melon played a surprise show after the screening of the Danny Clinch film and Joseph, Nico, and Brian Fallon sang there

Awesome, thank you!

goldrush

RP112579

First single from his new solo album, Come Back World.

https://youtu.be/TIkxMB_lwik 

RP112579

https://youtu.be/nO-Y6Y9gPaw 

Loujoe

Unique musician artist. Go see him when you can. 

goldrush

RP112579 said:

https://youtu.be/nO-Y6Y9gPaw 

I love this song. It’s got such a cool vibe to it 

RP112579

goldrush said:

RP112579 said:

https://youtu.be/nO-Y6Y9gPaw 

I love this song. It’s got such a cool vibe to it 

Agreed. Great song.

Loujoe

Wow...nice song.

 Had that led zep poster on my wall as a kid. Not that massive...hope this song is a hit for him...he gets mad paper and keeps on creating!
His music always taps into something deep for me.
Was on a JA kick for a while...thanks to jeff/rndm...faded away...may be time to come back.

Loujoe

Also video gave me a flashback of walking around nyc barefoot after seeing rollins band and sausage at roseland 25ish years ago...

My old converse just disintegrated in the pit. Henry dedicated a song to all those shoes. 

PJ_Soul

Wow, well here is Joe's write up/Bio on his website right now, to introduce his upcoming album, which is now available for pre-sale (sic btw. This thing needs a bit of proofreading, lol). I met JA after a show, and  I talked to him about the very personal tour blog he was writing at the time. He said that he felt kind of self-conscious about it, thinking that maybe it was just too personal for public consumption. I said to him that it seemed like a cathartic act to me, and there is nothing wrong with that - it helps, and is nothing he should feel shy about. He agreed and seemed glad to know at least someone thought so. I'm happy he still feels that way... It clearly does help him to be this honest about where he's coming from.

"The interesting parts of our stories aren’t the famous people we meet…

 

Or the times when everything is basically working. Or when we get to lay in comfort with a partner watching Netflix and the world go by. 

The interesting parts are when all those things break down and you’re left in isolation to finally deal with the roots of whatever had been thwarting your existence all along. The interesting parts are when the world has turned its back on you and you have turned your back on it or them. When darkness could seemingly swallow you whole if it hasn’t already. When there is no such thing as hope and so you manufacture it from a dream which only angle is to survive. 

 

If all this sounds dramatic then you haven’t been there yet. If it doesn’t then you know that this is actually an understatement. The interesting parts of our stories are when they seem like the final chapter has been read and the book thrown in the fire. The interesting parts of our stories are written with the smoke of our burnt out lives. 

 

Come Back World is an album about rebirth and survival. At least that’s what it means to me. The title track I wrote in a little town on my way to aspen on a tour celebrating the 15th anniversary of Redemption’s Son. I was alone touring in a rented car driving myself across the country as a support act and doing what I could to rebuild my career. New management, eviction notices, an injured shoulder and most importantly estrangement from my family of origin. Discovering newly that my life and my soul had been ravaged for the most part covert forms of emotional abuse know. Commonly as NPD. The discovery of which is commonly followed by extreme isolation, PTSD, and the realization that nearly everything in your life needs to be built again. 

 

I realize this is an intense way to start a bio about a new album but there really is no other way to paint the story of how this album came to be if I want it to be anything resembling the truth. 

 

Because for me this album is all about surviving that predicament which for those unfamiliar with it will perhaps sound like madness (which it is ironically designed too) and for those that know about it and those that have survived it, will know that one can do little else but focus on the rebuilding, the bringing back of your world. 

 

Herman Hesse said the best art comes from necessity and this art certainly qualifies. I had nothing but songs to get me out of the hole I was in. 

 

The songs themselves aren’t all literal interpretations of what I was going through but the strength of them comes from the fact that I needed them to be good enough to deliver some kind of life back too me. A life I had lost that wasn’t gonna get found. But perhaps a new life could be built. A better one. One that wasn’t rooted in lies.  – JA"

vogonpoetbythelake

Awesome thanks for sharing...

Loujoe

Hey now. Dude has mad depth. his music and words...living on the edge and getting through it. 
Hope that he hits some local joints by me. If he swings by you. GO. 
Live is a whole different experience.

Saw him do heavy electric and acoustic. First ballad show killed me.

Keep rocking JA!

goldrush

I commented on one of Joseph’s Instagram posts earlier, suggesting that Mike McCready would be a great guest for his podcast.

His response was... “It’s coming”   



I really hope this happens! Some of the episodes have been great, especially the Mark Lanegan and Michael Imperioli ones.