Vagabond Skies

Vagabond Skies
EP by
ReleasedJune 10, 2008
Recorded2008
GenreAlternative rock
Length22:22
LabelLonely Astronaut Records
ProducerJoseph Arthur, Mathias Schneeberger, Mike Napolitano
Joseph Arthur chronology
Crazy Rain (EP)
(2008)
Vagabond Skies
(2008)
Foreign Girls (EP)
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk.net80% link
Allmusicnot rated link
Bullz-Eye.com link
Comfort Comes7.8/10 link
Pitchfork Media3.8/10 link
PopMatters4/10 link

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]

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]