Damien Jurado

Damien Jurado

Damien Jurado is an American singer-songwriter from Seattle, Washington, born in 1972. His work sits within indie rock and folk traditions, with a strong connection to folk music, and it also spans alternative rock, folk rock, indie folk and neo-psychedelia.

Career

Jurado begins his solo career in the mid-1990s, releasing lo-fi, folk-based recordings on his own cassette-only imprint, Casa Recordings, from 1995. He uses found sound and field-recording techniques and also works with different kinds of tape recordings.

His early releases include Postcards and Audio Letters, a 2000 collection built from found audio letters and fragments taken from sources such as thrift-store tape players and answering machines, and Ghost of David, also released in 2000.

I Break Chairs follows in 2002, produced by his long-time friend David Bazan. It is his final album for Sub Pop and presents a more electric, rock-oriented sound. After he signs to Secretly Canadian, Jurado returns to a folk ballad-led style on Where Shall You Take Me? (2003), On My Way To Absence (2005), And Now That I'm In Your Shadow (2006), Caught in the Trees (2008), Saint Bartlett (2010) and Maraqopa (2012).

Groups and projects

Before his solo work, Jurado is a member of Coolidge with Seattle musician David Bazan. Other associated names include Damien Jurado & The Everett Assembly and Flower Mouth.

Labels

Across his career, Jurado releases music on several labels, including Casa Recording Co., Maraqopa Records, Brown Coat Music and Secretly Canadian.