ARTHUR

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ARTHUR is the project of Arthur Shea, a bedroom-pop musician from Delaware County, Pennsylvania. He moved to Philadelphia after high school and is based there. His earlier band, Forever Lesbians, was later renamed Joy Again. He self-released Arthur's First in 2015. On PLZ Make It Ruins he released the single Challenger in 2017, three more singles in 2018 and the album Woof Woof in November 2018, which he recorded at his childhood home. His second album, Hair of the Dog (Honeymoon, 2020), was recorded in his Philadelphia apartment.

He wrote and played on two tracks of Vegyn's Only Diamonds Cut Diamonds (2019), appeared with Vegyn on a special edition of Frank Ocean's blonded RADIO, and has toured with Alex G, Amen Dunes and Rex Orange County. In 2025 Arthur's First was reissued on vinyl and cassette for the first time, by MATH Interactive / Cafe Nice, with artwork reworked by Bráulio Amado.

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