Maraqopa, by Damien Jurado

Maraqopa

by Damien Jurado

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tideracer I'm new to Damien Jurado and find this to be a really good album. The songs are tight and well constructed. I'm enjoying the arrangements, the lyrics, his voice. To think that in the 70s you had to look to sentimental folk-pop like Cat Stevens or Simon & Garfunkel for observational tunes and melodic introspection. This just feels less saccharine, despite the lack of a "hit" tune. Favorite track: Maraqopa.

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1.	Nothing Is The News 05:33	buy track
2.	Life Away From The Garden 02:51	buy track
3.	Maraqopa 03:42	buy track
4.	This Time Next Year 04:00	buy track
5.	Reel To Reel 04:31	buy track
6.	Working Titles 03:47	buy track
7.	Everyone A Star 04:22	buy track
8.	So On, Nevada 02:31	buy track
9.	Museum Of Flight 02:50	buy track
10.	Mountains Still Asleep 02:18	buy track

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At Richard Swift's National Freedom studios, the live-to-tape ethos allowed the songs on Damien Jurado's 'Maraqopa' to expand and retract like a great beast's breath. Every in-the-moment bell and whistle here is hung with a natural, casual care. And from this, each song offers up its own unique gift: the enchanting children's choir that echoes each line of Jurado's lament for innocence lost on "Life Away from the Garden"; the breezy bossa nova that begins "This Time Next Year" and rises as effortless as a smoke cloud into high-noon showdown pop; "Reel to Reel"'s wobbly, Spector-symphony and its meta themes; the wonderful falsetto vocal work Jurado pulls from himself on "Museum of Flight." The Seattle Times recently called Jurado "Seattle's folk-boom godfather," a praising recognition to be sure. But also a title Jurado might not yet be ready to accept. That's a title for someone who has settled. With each visit to National Freedom, Jurado is exploring, taking risks. He's not only freeing his songs. The gate is opened wide to allow us all into his once-isolated musical universe. One gets the sense he's just now hitting his stride.

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released February 21, 2012

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Damien Jurado Seattle, Washington

“Sometimes You Hurt The Ones You Hate” out now on Maraqopa Records

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