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Joshua Path : Headlight In The Sun
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The eclectic L.A. performer records his most driving and introspective album yet.
Genre: Rock: Modern Rock
Release Date: 2008
Headlight In The Sun
Joshua Path
Record Label: Vanalden Records
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Preview Song Name Time Buy
1. Headlight In The Sun 3:10 + MP3 $0.89
2. Sleep In Your Sunshine 3:20 + MP3 $0.89
3. Eastern Town 2:48 + MP3 $0.89
4. Spider Of Love 4:14 + MP3 $0.89
5. Cinnamon City 2:38 + MP3 $0.89
6. Brenda Brenda 3:04 + MP3 $0.89
7. Devil At My Door 1:37 + MP3 $0.89
8. Angels Don't Come Round Here No More 3:31 + MP3 $0.89
9. All I 3:23 + MP3 $0.89
10. Records In My Mind 2:59 + MP3 $0.89
11. Back In Berlin 2:32 + MP3 $0.89
12. Thief 1:13 + MP3 $0.89
13. I Am Starting To Let You Go 4:07 + MP3 $0.89
14. It Was Over Before It Began 3:17 + MP3 $0.89
15. Heroin Will Bring Us Back Together Again 3:42 + MP3 $0.89
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Album Notes

There are certain artists who blow their wad on their first album (Boston, The Strokes, perhaps even The Knack). After that, their career is a pathetic series of attempts to regain the magic and majesty of their early days.

But some only get better with time. Their artistry grows and develops with each album, and each album becomes an event (instead of fodder for 99¢ bins). Joshua Path is, most certainly, one of those artists. And Headlight In The Sun, Path’s fifth album, is solid evidence of this.

Path has never been easy to categorize. You could list him under the “indie-alternative-singer/songwriter” label, but that would be a mistake. In fact, the title “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not” seems far more appropriate for Joshua Path than The Arctic Monkeys.

And on Headlight In The Sun, Joshua Path proves he is the ultimate musical shape shifter. On Track One, Path plunges head first into a solid radio hit on the title track, “Headlight In The Sun,” an ode to someone who pursued stardom, but tragically never achieved it.

From there, Path transitions from a hit song into what could be (and should be) an utter monster, “Sleep In Your Sunshine,” a lover’s anthem if ever there was one.

But “Spider Of Love” shows that we’re listening to a true singer/songwriter, and not Nickelback. With the artistic prowess of Elliot Smith and ethereal musings similar to Tori Amos, Path deftly sings about…well, I’m not exactly sure what, but it’s damn good.

In the end, I can only quote George Bernard Shaw: "There are two great tragedies in life. One is to not get your heart's desire. The other is to get it." On this eloquent and impassioned CD, Joshua Path may be writing about the first tragedy. But after writing and recording songs such as these, he’s bound to experience the second.

-Sid Marceau
Indie News, Ltd.

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REVIEWS

author: Connie
                            
This cd is absolutely incredible! Cinnamon City, Sleep in Your Sunshine, and Angels Don't Come Round Here No More are probably my favorite songs! I could listen to Joshua's music ANYTIME!

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josh is the word
author: aaron
                            
what can i say....it's been 15 years since i first heard josh and he still ceases to amaze me...he has evolved faster than a sea monkey in a bowl of amphetamines...if you don't buy this album i am inclined to club a baby seal...buy this album....then buy sugar fields....then buy how to survive in miami...then buy no martyrs...and then follow it up with one of the greatest albums ever made headrush...

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This begs for a listen!
author: Sayshuh
                            
So, there was no martyrs allowed and how to survive in miami (and for my mixed taste these were awesometastical - i still listen to them) - Great albums! , The sugar fields, headrush (i don't have copies of these...?). And now Headlight in the Sun - with mesmerizing and inspiring tracks such as Sleep in your Sunshine, Eastern Town, Brenda Brenda, my favorites are = Spider of Love, Devil at My Door. Then there are a few that just don't do it for me, thats because they truly do do it for more than just me and my physical being, they evoke more than average positive feelings towards music - All I, Headlight in the Sun, Thief, I'm Starting to let you go, Heroin will etc..., It was over before etc..., are all not only amazingly collaborative efforts you have built, but display your skilled vocal talents and thoughtful expressions. The whole album is this mystical range of joshua path that was wonderfully unexpected and i'm recommending it, thank you for the gift joshua!

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A Must Have!!!
author: MS
                            
Path hooks you from track one and doesn't let up.  Headlight In The Sun is the Joshua Path you love . . . only better!  If you've never listened to Joshua Path, this is a reason to start.

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