Joseph Arthur Announces Album, Label

Singer/songwriter Joseph Arthur will launch a record label along with a new album on Sept. 19. Arthur’s fifth album, Nuclear Daydream, will be the first record on Lonely Astronaut, an imprint of Red/Sony.

“This one’s a little bit more stripped-down than my last album,” Arthur told Paste, on the way to the studio from his home in Brooklyn. “The songs are more traditionally songs.” Nuclear Daydream was recorded over the past two years in Los Angeles and Berlin.

Arthur decided to launch a label because it would allow him to record more freely and have more control over his music. “To have your own label seems liberating artistically,” he said. “You’re eliminating some of the cooks in the kitchen, which ain’t no bad thing.”

Eventually, the label will include other artists. “I have a lot of really talented friends,” Arthur admitted. “It’d be nice to open up somebody’s world a little bit.”

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