...according to our Clinton on Sun 31 Dec, 2006.
Damien Jurado is one of those respected singer songwriter types on Secretly Canadian. His new CD (ask for it by name from Norman Records) starts really well. The second song sounds very much like Neil Young or Songs Ohia and is hugely impressive. I think maybe the record tails off later on but this is one of the best of the alt-country genre that I've heard recently. I Break Chairs is on Sub PopHeading off in yet another new direction with his 4th full-length, Damien Jurado has assembled a full band for I Break Chairs. And, the results here are twelve new songs, full and alive, with jangling guitars and rolling drums carrying Damien’s inimitable sense of narrative and powerful vocal delivery. Thematically, Damien visits ground fans will be familiar with: friends disappointed, abandoned whores and mermaids, boys ditching their girls, a modern-day love story rife with juvenile delinquency. Produced by David Bazan (Pedro the Lion), the new record shows Damien still capable of breaking more than chairs, so watch out for your heart.
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