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After performing and collaborating on 1990's 'Bite the Dirt' with the Hootch Hounds, 1995's 'Pretty as a Picture with The Sojourners and 1999's 'Get Lucky' with The Proxies, Joel Arant, a long-time member of the Iowa City music scene, has released his first solo CD. In previous incarnations, Joel played clubs and bars throughout Iowa, averaging close to 100 nights a year. With 'To Whom it May Behoove', he has returned to writing, recording, and performing as a solo acoustic artist. In the new Americana tradition, these beautiful, melodic songs are rich with a lyrical vision that draws the listener in and tells a unique story. This recording evokes comparisons to Leonard Cohen, REM, Matthew Sweet, and even a more tender Robbie Fulks.

"Jokily undersold as 'a harrowing declaration of post-divorce independence in the great Glam Folk tradition', this is so much more. Imagine bruised vocals straining occasionally into falsetto. Imagine REM in their sleepier moments with lyrics torn from your own journal. Imagine rediscovering Matthew Ryan or Peter Bruntnell or Richard Buckner...'To Whom it May Behoove' is one of the most beautifully crafted, uncontrived, genuinely affecting collections of songs I have ever heard." - Robin Cracknell, Americana-UK

Website: Joel Arant
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Buy CD: "To Whom It May Behoove"

Similar Artists: Leonard Cohen, Robbie Fulks, Matthew Sweet