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Let's Just Be
''Let's Just Be'' is the sixth studio album by Joseph Arthur, and his first with his backing band The Lonely Astronauts. The album was released on April 17, 2007, in the US, and on September 3, 2007, in the UK. According to Arthur: "the philosophy of the whole record was sort of a letting go, that's why I called it ''Let's Just Be'', because it was like everything about that record [came from] a Zen-like approach. Just letting things be how they are." ''Let's Just Be'' was released seven months after his previous album, ''Nuclear Daydream''. The band recorded the album in a quick stint while touring in Southern California in 2006 at Mathias Schneeberger's studio. Arthur notes that: "the idea for us was to record all of these new songs straight to tape using only 16 tracks with no reverb, sort of a back to basics like how the The Rolling Stones, Stones or Neil Young used to record. These albums are really a band effort, there was a lot of collaboration in the studio and quite a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Arthur
Joseph Lyburn Arthur (born September 28, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio. He is best known for his solo material, and as a member of Fistful of Mercy and RNDM. Arthur has built his reputation over the years through critically acclaimed releases and constant touring; his unique solo live performances often incorporate the use of a number of distortion and loop pedals, and his shows are recorded live at the soundboard and made available to concertgoers immediately following the show on recordable media. Arthur was discovered by Peter Gabriel in the mid-1990s, and signed to Gabriel's Real World Records, Real World label as the first North American artist on the label's roster. Arthur released his debut album, ''Big City Secrets'' (1997), and follow-up, ''Come to Where I'm From'' (2000), on Real World before signing with various independent labels between 2002 and 2006. He established his own record label, Lonely Astronaut Records, in 2006, and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
