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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]

Vagabond Skies
EP by Joseph Arthur
Released	June 10, 2008
Recorded	2008
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	22:22
Label	Lonely Astronaut Records
Producer	Joseph Arthur, Mathias Schneeberger, Mike Napolitano
Joseph Arthur chronology
Crazy Rain (EP) (2008) Vagabond Skies (2008) Foreign Girls (EP) (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk.net	80% link
Allmusic	not rated link
Bullz-Eye.com	link
Comfort Comes	7.8/10 link
Pitchfork Media	3.8/10 link
PopMatters	4/10 link

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

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.

References

External links

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

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