Love this guy. "Ghost of David" and "I Break Chairs" and are probably my favorite albums, but he is amazingly consistent. Looking forward to "Visions of Us on the Land" in March.
Re: Ghost in the Snow | The Damien Jurado thread
Posted: Thu January 21, 2016 4:36 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
i need to check out more of his stuff...i really liked the few albums i listened to a few years ago
Re: Ghost in the Snow | The Damien Jurado thread
Posted: Thu January 21, 2016 7:09 pm
by nyquillyn
Re: Ghost in the Snow | The Damien Jurado thread
Posted: Thu January 21, 2016 7:43 pm
by Simple Torture
to this thread. I was floored earlier this year when Secretly Canadian quietly began repressing And Now That I'm In Your Shadow on vinyl, which is my favorite record of his. It's in this part of the shelf somewhere:
Re: Ghost in the Snow | The Damien Jurado thread
Posted: Thu January 21, 2016 8:43 pm
by epilogue
I hadn't heard of this dude until I saw an indie film called Tumbledown this past April at the Tribeca Film Festival. He did the music for that film and "played" a singer/songwriter who died in the movie. The movie was decent, not great, but his soundtrack was outstanding. Been spinning him a fair amount since.
Re: Ghost in the Snow | The Damien Jurado thread
Posted: Thu January 21, 2016 9:16 pm
by nyquillyn
Coolidge was a band he was in with David Bazan, pre-Pedro the Lion. Bazan apparently found more recordings a few of years ago, but they were too damaged to release. I know Bazan has played on his albums and produced a few songs, but I'd love to see those two do a proper album together.
Here's a Coolidge track. It's very Get Up Kids-like emo. I think they were both still in high school.
Re: Ghost in the Snow | The Damien Jurado thread
Posted: Mon January 25, 2016 10:40 pm
by nyquillyn
Surprised by the number of Jurado fans who don't like "I Break Chairs". I fucking love it.
Re: Ghost in the Snow | The Damien Jurado thread
Posted: Thu January 28, 2016 1:34 am
by Simple Torture
I hadn't listened to I Break Chairs in foreeeever but threw it on today Would love a vinyl repress.
I'm waiting for the LP to arrive for a full listen.
Speaking of: if you're looking for the limited edition 3-LP version, Bull Moose has it for like $28, which is the cheapest I've seen. Low stock it looks like, though.
Re: Ghost in the Snow | The Damien Jurado thread
Posted: Mon March 21, 2016 9:00 pm
by nyquillyn
Two times through "Visions of Us on the Land" so far. I like it.
I generally prefer his "folk" stuff to the psychedelic direction he's been on for this and his last 2 albums.
That being said, this one is probably my favorite of the three.
Re: Ghost in the Snow | The Damien Jurado thread
Posted: Mon March 21, 2016 9:10 pm
by nyquillyn
Also, a good interview with DJ from a couple of weeks ago.
I thought I was nuts. I thought I was crazy. Like committing myself to a hospital crazy, you know? I had this crazy moment and then what happens is that, directly after that, my life just took a total nosedive. I went from the light really into the black. That was in the fall of 2012 where things went dark. And then around that time, September, maybe two weeks before my latest son was born, I tried taking my life.
Re: Ghost in the Snow | The Damien Jurado thread
Posted: Tue March 22, 2016 9:20 pm
by Simple Torture
The deluxe vinyl edition is quite the package.
I'll have to give this a few more listens to digest more. I like the quieter tracks more and I love the demo discs, definitely.
Re: Ghost in the Snow | The Damien Jurado thread
Posted: Fri June 24, 2016 10:11 pm
by Simple Torture
Rehersals for Departure and Ghost of David are being released on vinyl for the first time on 8/5:
to this thread. I was floored earlier this year when Secretly Canadian quietly began repressing And Now That I'm In Your Shadow on vinyl, which is my favorite record of his. It's in this part of the shelf somewhere:
