Vagabond Skies

Vagabond Skies is an EP by singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur, released June 10, 2008, and is the third in a series of four EPs released in anticipation of Arthur's seventh studio album, Temporary People. According to Arthur, this EP is "more stripped-down, more acoustic and slower...it's more of a late-night type of music."^[1]

The EP also marks the first studio recording of "She Paints Me Gold," a song Joseph has often played at his live shows since November 2004.^[2] A music video made for "She Paints Me Gold" features a sequential collection of still photographs, taken by Cerise Leang on New Year's Eve 2007, documenting one of Joseph's all-night paintings.^[3] Another music video was also produced for "Second Sight," directed by Gabriel Judet-Weinshel, featuring video footage of Joseph lip-synching the song projected onto a billboard over Lafayette Street and Grand Street in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.^[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Joseph Arthur. 

Notes

• Produced by Joseph Arthur, Mathias Schneeberger, and Mike Napolitano.
• Musicians:
  • Joseph Arthur: vocals, guitar, bass, percussion, drums, keyboards, programming
  • Mathias Schneeberger: electric guitar
  • Kenny Siegal: acoustic guitar, piano
  • Joan Wasser: violin, background vocals
  • Greg Wieczorek: drums
  • Ethan Eubanks: drums
  • Rene Lopez: drums
  • Cat Martino: background vocals on "She Paints Me Gold"
• Art direction and packaging design by Joseph Arthur.
• Photography by Danny Clinch.
• Lonely Astronaut Records #LA005.

External links

• Videos of "She Paints Me Gold" and "Second Sight" on Stereogum.com

References