Temporary People, Joseph Arthur’s latest CD, is peppier and poppier than usual — and the entire album is fantastic!  On Daytrotter.com, you can listen to and download (legally) several songs from the new album.

Arthur, who’s based in Brooklyn, is a song-writing machine and cranks out more music than any artist I know.  This past year he put out four EPs and one full-length album (Temporary People).  Check out his discography.

(Incidentally, this past year I ate Cheetos and every once in a while got off the couch to go surfing.)

Here are some other Joseph Arthur highlights:

+ Arthur happens to be a painter, too, and fairly recently opened his own gallery called Museum of Modern Arthur (MOMAR), located in Brooklyn.  I like his paintings — they’re raw, and sometimes dark and disturbing.

+ Arthur paints during his concerts.  He sings and paints and plays guitar and paints and sings and paints.  It’s really compelling.  If you want to watch him draw and paint, check out the video for “She Paints Me Gold.”

+ Some good folks recently made a documentary about Arthur called You Are Free.  The film documents the first show of Arthur’s 2005 tour and features a blend of music, art and drama.  It premiered to favorable reviews at Pop Montreal 2008 and will be shown in March at Canadian Music Week in Toronto.  Meanwhile, check out the trailer.  It looks good!  I can’t wait to see it.

+ To listen to more full-length songs, check out Arthur’s MySpace page.

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