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Damien Jurado is nothing if not prolific, and shows no signs of slowing any time soon. He's just announced his tenth studio album, Maraqopa out February 21st on Secretly Canadian. Of note, it continues the recent musical partnership with Richard Swift, who recorded the record live to tape and produced it at his Cottage Grove-based National Freedom studios.

The first taste, "Nothing is the News," is a mini-epic, teased with bits of psychedelia throughout, and stands apart stylistically from anything Jurado's done in the past. It'd be a surprise if last year's Other People's Songs, Vol. 1 didn't already clue us in to the kinds of waters the Jurado/Swift vessel likes to navigate. Yes, more like this, please.

"Nothing is the News" by Damien Jurado by DOJAGSC

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