Singer, songwriter, artist and all round CMU favourite Joseph Arthur will release his next album, 'Nuclear Daydream', via a new label he is launching, called Lonely Astronaut. The label, which he will co-run with long time friend Eric Gerber, will be distributed via SonyBMG's independent distribution partnership thingy Red. Arthur told Billboard: "It's interesting, starting your own venture like this, there's a lot of resistance to doing something independent".
Not sure what that means regarding the release of that album in the UK - last year's 'Our Shadows Will Remain' came out via Warner imprint 14th Floor over here. I guess I should have tried to find out, but I forgot. And now I'm writing this a 7 o'clock in the morning and I'm guessing no one at 14th Floor will be around to answer the phone. Hey, when we hear anything, we'll let you know.