#comebackworld #preorder #newalbum

October 10, 2019

#comebackworld #preorder #newalbum

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JOSEPH ARTHUR TO RELEASE FIRST NEW SOLO ALBUM IN THREE YEARS ON OCTOBER 11th

COME BACK WORLD

It’s been three years since Joseph Arthur has released a brand-new solo album, and with the upcoming release of Come Back World (October 11th) he’s crafted his most personal and powerful album to date.

“The interesting parts of our stories aren’t the famous people we meet,” Arthur remarked. Or the times when everything is basically working. Or when we get to lay in comfort with a partner watching Netflix and the world go by. The interesting parts are when all those things break down and you’re left in isolation to finally deal with the roots of whatever had been thwarting your existence all along. The interesting parts are when the world has turned its back on you and you have turned your back on it or them. When darkness could seemingly swallow you whole if it hasn’t already. When there is no such thing as hope and so you manufacture it from a dream which only angle is to survive. Come Back World is an album about rebirth and survival.”

The title track “Come Back World” will be available on all major streaming services beginning this Friday August 2nd. Today you can listen to it at the link below.

The album is available immediately for pre-order at Joseph Arthur’s website: http://josepharthur.com

Produced by Joseph Arthur and Chris Seefried, the upcoming release features several other amazing artists including: Ben Harper, Patrick Carney, Jesse Malin and Greg Dulli.

Joseph Arthur will embark on a solo tour right on top of the release date beginning in Kansas City on October 4th. For many of these upcoming shows, he’ll be joined by Jesse Malin who will co-headline.

Tickets for all shows will go on sale this Friday.

Come Back World - Track Listing

1. Come Back World

2. I’ll Be Around

3. Streetcar

4. Tomorrow Today

5. Biggest Mistake

6. Make It True

7. Seek And Find

8. Pale Fire

9. Mayor Of The Lower Eastside

10. Somewhere With You

Joseph Arthur Tour Dates

Oct 7 - Kansas City, MO - Knuckleheads (w/ Jesse Malin)

Oct 8 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge (w/ Jesse Malin)

Oct 10 - Seattle, WA - The Triple Door

Oct 12 - Portland, OR - Bunk Bar (w/ Jesse Malin)

Oct 15 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel (w/ Jesse Malin)

Oct 16 - Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy (w/ Jesse Malin)

Oct 17 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar (w/ Jesse Malin)

Oct 19 - Tucson, AZ - 191 Toole (w/ Jesse Malin)

Oct 21 - Austin, TX - Stubbs Jr (w/ Jesse Malin)

Oct 22 - Houston, TX - Continental Club (w/ Jesse Malin)

Oct 23 - Dallas, TX - Three Links (w/ Jesse Malin)

Oct 26 - Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade

Oct 29 - Boston, MA - City Winery

Oct 30 - Pawling, NY - Daryl's House

Nov 1 - Philadelphia, PA - The Locks at Sona

Nov 2 - Vienna, VA - Jammin Java

Nov 3 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head (Matinee)

Nov 5 - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre

Nov 9- Evanston, IL - SPACE (Late Show) (w/ Jesse Malin)

Nov 10 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry (w/ Jesse Malin)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIkxMB_lwik&feature=youtu.be

2019-07-29 :

The interesting parts of our stories aren’t the famous people we meet…

Or the times when everything is basically working. Or when we get to lay in comfort with a partner watching Netflix and the world go by.

The interesting parts are when all those things break down and you’re left in isolation to finally deal with the roots of whatever had been thwarting your existence all along. The interesting parts are when the world has turned its back on you and you have turned your back on it or them. When darkness could seemingly swallow you whole if it hasn’t already. When there is no such thing as hope and so you manufacture it from a dream which only angle is to survive.

If all this sounds dramatic then you haven’t been there yet. If it doesn’t then you know that this is actually an understatement. The interesting parts of our stories are when they seem like the final chapter has been read and the book thrown in the fire. The interesting parts of our stories are written with the smoke of our burnt out lives.

Come Back World is an album about rebirth and survival. At least that’s what it means to me. The title track I wrote in a little town on my way to aspen on a tour celebrating the 15th anniversary of Redemption’s Son. I was alone touring in a rented car driving myself across the country as a support act and doing what I could to rebuild my career. New management, eviction notices, an injured shoulder and most importantly estrangement from my family of origin. Discovering newly that my life and my soul had been ravaged for the most part covert forms of emotional abuse know. Commonly as NPD. The discovery of which is commonly followed by extreme isolation, PTSD, and the realization that nearly everything in your life needs to be built again.

I realize this is an intense way to start a bio about a new album but there really is no other way to paint the story of how this album came to be if I want it to be anything resembling the truth.

Because for me this album is all about surviving that predicament which for those unfamiliar with it will perhaps sound like madness (which it is ironically designed too) and for those that know about it and those that have survived it, will know that one can do little else but focus on the rebuilding, the bringing back of your world.

Herman Hesse said the best art comes from necessity and this art certainly qualifies. I had nothing but songs to get me out of the hole I was in.

The songs themselves aren’t all literal interpretations of what I was going through but the strength of them comes from the fact that I needed them to be good enough to deliver some kind of life back too me. A life I had lost that wasn’t gonna get found. But perhaps a new life could be built. A better one. One that wasn’t rooted in lies. – JA