Damien Jurado New CD "Trees" Due + Free MP3

Check out MP3 of song “Gillian Was A Horse.”

By Blurt Staff

Damien Jurado’s next album, Caught In the Trees, is due September 9^th from Secretly Canadian. It marks the dawn of a new era for Jurado — not be a huge departure from some of his past albums musically, but lyrically Jurado has taken a giant leap forward and there is no turning back. Best known for his dark yet fragile first person fictional tales, Jurado now unlocks the door and invites us into his own enigmatic world.

Jurado took a full year to make this record, longer than ever before, as he ran away from and eventually found himself in his own songs. He subsequently found refuge in sharing the songs with his closest friends and bandmates, Eric Fisher and Jenna Conrad. Having walked alongside him through this most challenging journey, the songs that came out of it are as much theirs as his. Jurado, Fisher, and Conrad collaborated on the compositions - some much more rocking than Jurado fans are used to, but ever as intense - and pulled in producers Kory Kruckenberg and Casey Foubert to contribute their own unique stylings.

Recording started in the summer months and the sweltering heat, and wrapped in the freezing temps of winter. (It is clear on first listen that two distinct seasons are represented through Caught In the Trees - an accidental metaphor perhaps?) There was laughter and there was introspection, and the result is a record that Jurado loyalists will find was worth the wait. And perhaps a reason to listen for those who have yet to give this bedraggled storyteller a chance.

You can snag a preview of the album by checking out an MP3 of the leadoff track “Gillian Was A Horse.”

Jurado will be previewing two other songs, "Sheets" and "Everything Trying,” in an intimate solo performance on The Daily Habit this Monday, June 23rd at 9:00pm EST and again at 12:00am EST.  For more program times, visit the Fuel TV site.

He'll then return to the UK in August for two headline dates and a set at the Green Man festival. He will be accompanied by Eric Fisher and Jenna Conrad. A U.S. tour will be announced shortly.

August 17    Crickhowell, Green Man Festival 

August 18    Manchester, Trinity Chapel  7.30pm

August 19    London, Bush Hall w/Bowerbirds  7.30pm