Damien Jurado
Damien Jurado (born November 12, 1972 in Seattle , Washington ) is an American musician .
Live and act
In the early 1990s, Damien Jurado recorded his first demo tapes under his own name. In 1995, he came across Jeremy Enigk, then still singer of Sunny Day Real Estate to a record deal with Sub Pop Records. Here he released two EPs and his debut album Waters Ave S in the following years . The reviews have been positive, especially 1999 for Rehearsals for Depature . However, the album received little public attention. In September 2000, Ghost of David was released , which was much more introverted than its pop-heavy predecessor. In early 2002, the rock record I Break Chairs was released , which he released with musician friends as Damien Jurado and Gathered in Song .
This fulfilled his contract with Sub Pop and, because he felt neglected by the label, he switched to the then still very small label Secretly Canadian , where in 2003 he produced the again highly acclaimed Where Shall You Take Me? and released On My Way to Absence two years later . And Now That I'm in Your Shadow was released in 2006 and Caught in the Trees followed in 2008 . His ninth studio album, Saint Bartlett , was released at the end of May 2010 . Maraqopa , with whom he made the first jump on the Billboard charts, followed in February 2012.
Between these regular albums, EPs, singles, collections of rarities, etc., appeared again and again, so that Damien Jurado can look back on over 30 releases on small and very small labels to date.
Over the years he has also worked with musicians who are friends, including a. with the songwriter Rosie Thomas and, until 2003, also closely with David Bazan (ex Pedro The Lion), with whom he played in several hardcore bands (including Coolidge) in the 1990s. From 2002 to 2008, Eric Fisher was his closest musical partner. From 2006 he was an integral part of the band Damien Jurado together with cellist Jenna Conrad . For his album Saint Bartlett he split from his band and worked closely with the musician Richard Swift for the first time. In 2013 the song Almost Home he sang appeared on the Moby album Innocents .
His mostly very dark, sketchy texts brought him comparisons with Raymond Carver.
At the end of 2007 Damien Jurado founded the band Hoquiam with his brother Drake . Her first, self-titled album was released in late February 2010 in an edition of 500 on St. Ives Records, a sub-label of Secretly Canadian.
Discography
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Albums
- 1997: Waters Ave S.
- 1999: Rehearsals for Depature
- 2000: Ghost of David
- 2002: I Break Chairs [with Gathered in Song]
- 2003: Where Shall You Take Me?
- 2005: On My Way to Absence
- 2006: And Now That I'm in Your Shadow
- 2008: Caught in the Trees
- 2010: Saint Bartlett
- 2011: Live at Landlocked (Live)
- 2012: Maraqopa
- 2014: Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son
- 2016: Visions of Us on the Land
- 2018: The Horizon Just Laughed
- 2019: In the Shape of a Storm
- 2020: What's New, Tomboy?
Singles, EPs
- 1995: Motorbike (Sup Pop)
- 1996: Trampoline (Sub Pop)
- 1997: Halo Friendly (Summershine)
- 1997: Vary (Tooth & Nail)
- 1998: Chevrolet (UK only, Snowstorm)
- 1998: Gathered in Song (Made in Mexico)
- 1999: Latters & Drawings (UK only, Ryko)
- 2001: 4 songs (Burnt Toast Vinyl)
- 2002: Big Let Down (Secretly Canadian)
- 2003: Holding His Breath (Acuarela)
- 2004: Just in Time for Something (Secretly Canadian)
- 2006: Traded for Fire / Ghost of David , split single with Dolorean (Secretly Canadian)
- 2006: Gathered in Song (Made in Mexico, re-released with bonus tracks)
- 2010: LEM: Volume 1, January 2010 (Flannelgraph Records / Crossroads of America)
- 2010: Our Turn to Shine EP (Secretly Canadian) (This Saint Bartlett bonus EP is exclusive to Amazon UK)
- 2012: Diamond Sea / Pentagrams (Part of The Maraqopa Sessions) (Secretly Canadian)
- 2012: Clouds Beyond / Let As All In (Part of The Maraqopa Sessions) (Secretly Canadian)
- 2012: Wyoming Songbirds / Ghost of David (The Return) (Part of The Maraqopa Sessions) (Secretly Canadian)
- 2012: The Maraqopa Sessions EP (Secretly Canadian) (Bonus EP to celebrate the inclusion of Maraqopa on Rough Trade's Best Album 2012 list)
Tour CDs
- 2004: Walk Along the Fence (self-released)
- 2006: untitled 6 song EP (self-released)
- 2007: the trees tour EP (self-released)
- 2009: European Tour CDR (self-released)
- 2010: Tour CD # 4 (self-released)
Rarities, etc.
- 2000: Postcards & Audo Letters [answering machine recordings compiled by Jurado] (TNI Books)
- 2004: This Fabulous Century - Demos, 1998 (Burnt Toast Vinyl)
with Hoquiam
- 2010: Hoquiam (St. Ives)
Web links
- Homepage
- Damien Jurado at Discogs (English)
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| SURNAME | Jurado, Damien |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seattle , Washington , United States |