REVIEW : Crazy Rain - QRO Magazine
by Ted Chase
April 29, 2008
Note : 7.7
Joseph Arthur throws his fans a curveball with his latest EP, Crazy Rain. The acclaimed singer/songwriter is putting out four EP’s in the run-up to the August release of his latest LP, All You Need Is Nothing. Crazy Rain is the second of the four, after last month’s Could We Survive (QRO review), and it’s a much different take, as Arthur experiments with techno, distortion, and more.
Rain opens up with its strongest track, “Killer’s Knife”, a dark, distorted echo that introduces the listener to this new side of Joseph Arthur. He follows that up with the more subdued, disco-dark “Nothin 2 Hide”, but the come-on dark “I Wanna Get You Alone” actually plays comedic, with a strong bass line. Meanwhile, strong drumming comes into play with the ethereal and atmospheric “Dream of the Eternal Life”.
Between those last two is the relaxed and knowing “Radio Euphoria”, a real winner. Unfortunately, “I Come Down”, another disco-dark piece, is a little plodding. “Nobody Make It Home” is the EP’s most distorted piece, a cool, distant echo, with rather techno keys. After Crazy Rain’s most different track comes its most ‘regular Arthur’, finisher “Hunter”. But even that quieter, carrying song has a tech-background.
With every EP release, Arthur has thrown a party-cum-show at his new DUMBO art gallery, The Museum of Modern Arthur (QRO venue review). Look forward to the next EP, to the next party, to the next Joseph Arthur.
Joseph Arthur throws his fans a curveball with his latest EP, Crazy Rain. The acclaimed singer/songwriter is putting out four EP’s in the run-up to the August release of his latest LP, All You Need Is Nothing. Crazy Rain is the second of the four, after last month’s Could We Survive (QRO review), and it’s a much different take, as Arthur experiments with techno, distortion, and more.
Rain opens up with its strongest track, “Killer’s Knife”, a dark, distorted echo that introduces the listener to this new side of Joseph Arthur. He follows that up with the more subdued, disco-dark “Nothin 2 Hide”, but the come-on dark “I Wanna Get You Alone” actually plays comedic, with a strong bass line. Meanwhile, strong drumming comes into play with the ethereal and atmospheric “Dream of the Eternal Life”.
Between those last two is the relaxed and knowing “Radio Euphoria”, a real winner. Unfortunately, “I Come Down”, another disco-dark piece, is a little plodding. “Nobody Make It Home” is the EP’s most distorted piece, a cool, distant echo, with rather techno keys. After Crazy Rain’s most different track comes its most ‘regular Arthur’, finisher “Hunter”. But even that quieter, carrying song has a tech-background.
With every EP release, Arthur has thrown a party-cum-show at his new DUMBO art gallery, The Museum of Modern Arthur (QRO venue review). Look forward to the next EP, to the next party, to the next Joseph Arthur.
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