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The Family
Singer-Songwriter · 2016 · 13 tracks · 54m

The Family

Joseph Arthur

A concept album centered on an old Steinway piano. Dusty, intimate portraits of lineage and memory captured in a haze of analog warmth.

June 3, 2016 · Real World Records

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A heavy, dusty nostalgia that feels like looking at old family trees in a dimly lit room.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 54m
01
The Family
4:41
02
Sister Dawn
4:32
03
With Your Life
2:47
04
They Called Him Lightning
5:05
05
When I Look at You
2:53
06
Wishing Well
5:34
07
Machines of War
5:16
08
Ethel Was Born
4:22
09
You Wear Me Out
3:40
10
Hold on Jerry
4:07
11
You Keep Hanging On
4:42
12
The Flag
3:22
13
Daddy, The War Machine
3:53
Moments Worth Listening For
The skeletal, percussive piano rhythm on the title track that sets a clock-like pace for the family history to unfold.
The way the vocals on Sister Dawn seem to dissolve into a wash of reverb, mimicking the fading of a memory.
The sudden, jarring intimacy of the dry vocal take on When I Look at You, cutting through the usual atmospheric haze.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does The Family sound next to the rest of Joseph Arthur's catalogue?

Family+4.0σ

The writing leans far further into family than the rest of the catalogue.

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