The eponymous opener is low-key in a monotone wry, but has some interesting effects laid over the singer/songwriter vibe.  Even stronger is the following “Candy and Cars”, whose alt-country-meets-eighties tech nature is boosted by just enough of a humorous outlook.  Arthur goes more ‘traditional’ with the sad, piano-based “Lovely Cost”, but swings too far the other way with the following “Stay”, into too much tech.  Most interesting on Foreign Girls is perhaps “The Killer”, whose tech-stop wry grind shouldn’t work, but does.  “New Satisfaction” finishes out the EP on a smoother tech technique.

Already known for his prolific nature, including hundreds of unrecorded songs and selling CD burns of a show almost immediately after the set is over, the EP-a-month output shouldn’t come as a surprise from Joseph Arthur.  Instead, the surprise is the music, but with Foreign Girls, he never loses his connection to home.

MP3 Stream: "Candy and Cars"