Whats the consensus on this guy. I like him.
― OLD MAN YELLS AT SHOUT RAP (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
really like "caught in the trees"
― OLD MAN YELLS AT SHOUT RAP (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
always thought "Matinee" is a really sweet song. he can be v. depressing though.
― Ludo, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah he is more depressing than Mark Kozelek
― OLD MAN YELLS AT SHOUT RAP (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 15:08 (thirteen years ago) link
He was amazing doing a solo acoustic set at primavera two years back but i don't seem to have stumbled across whichever album he must have been playing from yet.
― reallysmoothmusic (Jamie_ATP), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
was it caught in the trees, that was his 2008 album.
― OLD MAN YELLS AT SHOUT RAP (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
he's been great live, lately, but i've resonated a little less with his last few lps. Ghost of David is just incredible, there's something genius in the very early noisy material, but honestly almost all of his albums are pretty great. he's one of the artists for whom i own the most records.
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
really surprised that there was not a thread on him before.
― OLD MAN YELLS AT SHOUT RAP (chrisv2010), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link
New record "Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son" streaming at NPR: http://www.npr.org/2014/01/05/259143049/first-listen-damien-jurado-brothers-and-sisters-of-the-eternal-son.
― treefell, Monday, 6 January 2014 12:35 (ten years ago) link
This guy seemed to have gone under my own personal radar until his 2012 release, Maraqopa, which was one of my favorite albums released that year. I heard the name before, figured he had released a few albums before that one, only to just now see he had released 11 albums prior to Maraqopa!
I bring him up now cause I see he has a new one being released next week, called Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son. Haven't heard anything on it yet but pretty stoked nonetheless.
Anyone else a fan?
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Saturday, 18 January 2014 14:21 (ten years ago) link
ha ha, missed Treefell's post. I'm slow. Will check that out later this weekend.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Saturday, 18 January 2014 14:22 (ten years ago) link
Damien Jurado is a stud. His earlier stuff was more stripped down; he's a very honest and revealing songwriter overall. There are some songs about struggling with mental illness in his catalog that leave me in tears every time. Way underrated methinks.
― Skrot Montague, Saturday, 18 January 2014 16:46 (ten years ago) link
Liked him more before the R Swift era. Haven't heard the new one (will check it out, always have time for this guy), but the last few were so overworked and conspicuously 'produced' I rarely played them. They're the sorta records where you don't so much hear songs as much as "decisions made in the studio."
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Saturday, 18 January 2014 17:35 (ten years ago) link
Agree that his latest stuff is too produced. His songs work best when raw.
― Skrot Montague, Sunday, 19 January 2014 03:03 (ten years ago) link
I don't know anything about this dude, but I've been hearing "Silver Timothy" on (blechh) the local NPR station every day and I really like it.
― barranca jagger (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 19 January 2014 03:23 (ten years ago) link
"Run everything through 60s sounding reverb" is a the shortcut to my heart though.
― barranca jagger (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 19 January 2014 03:24 (ten years ago) link
really like this album, not sure how it took me so long to discover this guy given how deep in my wheelhouse this is
― ciderpress, Thursday, 31 July 2014 13:41 (nine years ago) link
New album 'Visions of Us on Land' out March 18
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/damien_jurado_sees_visions_of_us_on_land_with_new_lp
new song 'Exit 353'
― moans and feedback (Dinsdale), Tuesday, 15 December 2015 21:12 (eight years ago) link
he was really hilarious live
― the bhagwanadook (symsymsym), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 07:27 (five years ago) link
this has to be a contender for ILM's Most Good Songs Over The Past 20 Years / Shortest Thread Ratio Award
― alpine static, Tuesday, 5 June 2018 07:49 (five years ago) link
<3 this guy. He's currently doing an instagram live performance https://www.instagram.com/damienjuradomusic
― yuoowemeone, Wednesday, 2 December 2020 04:54 (three years ago) link
been listening to The Horizon Just Laughed (2018) a lot lately, think it's easily his best
― ciderpress, Sunday, 14 August 2022 05:07 (one year ago) link
i’m sure he has no interest but someday i’d like him to regather in song
because ‘i break chairs’ is a great record
― mookieproof, Sunday, 14 August 2022 05:46 (one year ago) link
and ‘paper wings’ is a great song
― mookieproof, Sunday, 14 August 2022 05:51 (one year ago) link
Really enjoyed this session for KEXP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXa0CamaXVA
Agree that ‘The Horizon Just Laughed’ is very good. He’s been on a good run lately.
― hamicle, Sunday, 14 August 2022 09:09 (one year ago) link
THJL is fantastic. I doubt I've let a full week go without listening to it at least once since it came out.
― Dinsdale, Sunday, 14 August 2022 20:01 (one year ago) link
I used to love Jurado in the late 90s/early 2000s. I should listen to his newer stuff. Funny seeing this thread about two days after I stumbled upon his "What's in my Bag" on YouTube. He seems to be a really good guy.
― Duke, Sunday, 14 August 2022 22:11 (one year ago) link
Was thinking I wrote another Columbus OH show preview, going more into details of another album (something about slippin' around a small town), but can't find it---this is when he was touring behind his 2010 offering---my, I was a bit hyper w the late-night listening & typing:
Damien Jurado & Saint Bartlett’s BandMonday @ The SummitAmericana rocker Damien Jurado’s “Saint Bartlett” creates an intimately shape-shifting aura around viney, veiny voices and visions growing back together. We’re led and left to make connections between and within songs. But lines like, “Rachel, I’m sorry to call/I can’t sleep at all/The closet’s unfamiliar/Your parents will be home soon” arrive on time. In concert, Jurado’s tour mates Kay Kay And The Weathered Underground also appear as Saint Bartlett’s Band, a discreetly orbiting chamber orchestra who further explore the sonic adventures of his soulful, or at least soul-full, sincerely sketchy characters.
― dow, Sunday, 14 August 2022 22:32 (one year ago) link