Crazy Rain | ||||
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Released | April 15, 2008 | |||
Recorded | 2008 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 29:49 | |||
Label | Lonely Astronaut Records | |||
Producer | Joseph Arthur, Mathias Schneeberger, Jennifer Turner | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Pitchfork Media | (6.3/10)[2] |
PopMatters | (2/10)[3] |
Crazy Rain is an EP from singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Joseph Arthur. The 8-song EP was released in the US on April 15, 2008. Crazy Rain is the second in a series of four EPs released in anticipation for the release of Joseph's seventh studio album Temporary People on September 30. From Billboard.com:
For Crazy Rain, Arthur is "working with a lot of drum machines" but doesn't classify the material as techno per se. "It's just more on the edgier, drum machine-side of what I do," he says. "..."I'm using old drum machines and doing home recording-style stuff. It's the most fun to do what you haven't done in awhile [sic]."[4]
The lyrics to "Killer's Knife" first appeared in Joseph's poem "111704. Minneapolis." in 2004. The song was then known under the name "Heartbeart" and the lyrics had a few different lines.[5] Greg Dulli provides backing vocals on "Nothin' 2 Hide."