Ghost in the Snow | The Damien Jurado thread

[Simple Torture]

i think only 12 people know who damien jurado is

That might be an overestimation; sad!

[lennytheweedwhacker]

i just want to listen to museum of flight all day

[guestT]

Love Damien. Been listening to the covers album he did with Richard Swift lately.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

still trying to fix my mind

[run2death]

New album May 4th.

[guestT]

hell yeah

[lennytheweedwhacker]

this makes me wish i still listened to music

[Simple Torture]

There was a new single out today that I thought sounded nice.

[run2death]

Live album preview.

[run2death]

The Horizon Just Laughed is great. He's one of the more consistent artists going.

I do wish we'd get another rock record like I Break Chairs again.

[guestT]

[guestT]

cool interview with popmatters

https://www.popmatters.com/damien-jurad ... 10019.html

There are moments like when he's talking about not being down with Father John Misty's cynicism where I'm like, what a cool, reasonable dude, and then other times when he's talking about recalling past lives and "dimensional living" where I think he might be a lizard person.

[guestT]

I have no idea what it's about but the "The Last Great Washington State" makes me weepy.

[Simple Torture]

I listened to the new one the other day but I was only half paying attention while I was writing--I did like it, though. I haven't bought the LP yet but once I do I'm going to do a lights-out-so-no-one-can-see-me-crying listen.

[run2death]

His new one dropped off Play Music.

[guestT]

I'm surprised it was on there. I read somewhere he's keeping it off streaming services until July. I bought it from Bandcamp.

[guestT]

RIP Richard Swift

https://pitchfork.com/news/richard-swift-dead-at-41/

https://pitchfork.com/news/richard-swif ... rugs-more/

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/why-rich ... -treasure/

My Richard Swift story:

Just mentally closed a very bizarre loop...

Back in the late 90s when I worked in the music department of a Christian bookstore (I know), I distinctly remember getting a huge-for-us (so probably like 5) shipment of CDs by a guy named Dicky Ochoa. I didn't listen to it, but the cover made him look like a Ricky Martin, Robby Williams dance pop knock-off. I think it might have been "praise and worship" music. They didn't sell so we ended up sending them back.

15+ years later I'm listening to Maraqopa by Damien Jurado. I love the way it sounds, so I google the producer, a guy named Richard Swift. Turns out it's the same fucking guy! And in addition to being an in-demand producer he plays in The Shins and The Arcs, and was the touring bassist for the Black Keys.

There's a gotta be a (small) landfill somewhere full of those Dicky Ochoa CDs.

[guestT]

The Life and Death of Richard Swift
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... cy-774369/

[Simple Torture]

The Life and Death of Richard Swift
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... cy-774369/

Erin Osmon wrote the Jason Molina bio that came out a few years ago, engaging writer.

[run2death]

Surprise new album, In the Shape of a Storm.



http://www.mamabirdrecordingco.com/fami ... en-jurado/

Listen to South here.

https://tunes.mamabirdrecordingco.com/a ... of-a-storm