Damien Jurado – Brothers & Sisters

Damien Jurado – Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son (Secretly Canadian)

Over the past two decades, this underrated Seattle singer-songwriter has released a dozen albums of varied but somehow always emotionally riveting Americana. Like 2012’s Maraqopa, his latest album was produced by solo artist and Shins touring keyboardist Richard Swift. In a promo video for the album, Swift is often seen burning sage in his studio – perhaps to dispel demons, perhaps to cover up the smell of weed, or more probably both if the album’s content is any indication. A spiritual sequel to Maraqopa, Brothers is an album about disappearing, about starting over, set against a sumptuous, spacious and often groovy backdrop of psychedelia, dub, Tropicalia and folk – the perfect album to play on the road as you join me in finally jumping on the Jurado bandwagon.

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