Damien Jurado has a new LP called In The Shape Of A Storm coming out on April 12th via Mama Bird Recording Co, his first for the label. Here’s ‘South’ the first intimate and organic sounding taste of the album. Damien has always worked fast, but In the Shape of a Storm came together with … Continue reading
The Horizon Just Laughed comes on the back of the loosely thematic trilogy of albums he recorded with producer and musician Andrew Swift. They were psychedelic in nature though still rooted in the folk form. In contrast, this feels like a retreat from the density and experimentation, to a place of reflection and solitude. Jurado … Continue reading
It has been another bountiful year of releases in the all encompassing world of americana music and as happens at the tail end of the year many of us love to undergo the sometimes painful process of compiling end of year lists. Below we’ve listed our favourite albums of 2012. Hopefully there are a few … Continue reading
Over-population in the male singer songwriter realm of americana and folk is a constant risk and there are many pretenders who attempt to step up to the standard set by the likes of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Jason Molina, Phosphorescent and more recently J. Tillman. Damien Jurado is another who is treading the same forest path and … Continue reading
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