Just a quick post to say that Damien Jurado has a new LP out in September on Secretly Canadian. Its called 'Caught In The Trees'.
I've been a bit disappointed with Jurado's last two albums and for me at least, he has never again hit the heights of 2002's 'Where Shall You Take Me' which mixed sweet country ballads with lo-fi rock, such as the splendidly addictive 'Texas To Ohio'. It should also be mentioned that Jurado wrote 'Medication' which is possibly the saddest song TracksandGigs has ever heard.
No doubt Jurado is an excellent and highly intelligent songwriter and from the sound of 'Gillian Was A Horse' which is streaming on his myspace site now ( www.myspace.com/damienjurado ), this record may be a stunning return to form. Upbeat, fresh and with great harmony vocals from Jenna Conrad, this is the best thing we've heard from DJ for a while.
'Caught In The Trees' will most likely (i.e - I'm guessing) be available to pre-order through Secretly Canadian sometime soon (vague). And knowing those friendly folk, there will more than likely be some kind of 'buy the album early, get a free download link' arrangement. So, if there is, you should all do that. In fact, don't listen to the new song at Myspace, listen to it here:-
http://www.scjag.com/mp3/sc/gillianwasahorse.mp3
We've got to support these indie labels folks.
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