Joseph Arthur - Enough To Get Away (Lonely Astronaut)
UK release date: 27 August 2007
Despite the fact that Joseph Arthur has been around for a few moons now, his new single Enough To get Away fits snugly among the latest Brit pop crazes. It's like the Ohio singer has found a little slice of London, but with the vowels, without the fake, working class accent and talk of trainers and pigeon poo.
The track has a very poetic and simplistic ethos. It's a story set to music, spoken honestly and without effect, raw if you like, but not folky.
The REM influence (Michael Stipe once covered Arthur's In The Sun) stands out from the very opening, but vocally, the song is much more relaxed - sweet, like feelings blurted out before it's too late. It's Ray Davies crossed with a melodic Lou Reed, singing to you from the corner of a musty coffee house.
The catchy chorus is nice, but the gem of Enough To get Away is its innocence - and all in just two minutes and fifty seconds.
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