DAMIEN JURADO Announces US Tour Dates; VISIONS OF US ON THE LAND Out March 18 on Secretly Canadian; Watch “QACHINA” Video‏

Acclaimed singer Damien Jurado announces his US tour dates in support of his upcoming release VISIONS OF US ON THE LAND, out March 18 on Secretly Canadian.  He begins the run on May 12^th in his hometown of Seattle at the Neptune Theater. Tickets go on sale on February 26^th.  Label mate Ben Abraham will open the shows.  For a full list of tour dates, see below.

Today we revealed the second video from VISIONS, “QACHINA,” which was premiered by Aquarium Drunkard here. This follows the first single “Exit 353” which was premiered by NPR Music in December 2015, and the “Exit 353” video which earned raves from Spin, Stereogum and other key outlets.

Of “QACHINA” video director James Halland notes, “My goal with the music video was to make the viewer feel like they are watching a fever dream. We spent four days wandering the desert filming everywhere from Joshua Tree to Salton Sea. My goal was to use everyday people, objects and places to make it unsettling but not scary.” Jurado adds, “The video was shot on film and a Super 8 camera.  Jordan worked a lot from the imagery seen on the album cover.  It is captured as a wonderful psychedelic interpretation of what I feel is the spirit, and at times, open-ended, colorful feeling of this new album.”

VISIONS OF US ON THE LAND is the final installment of Jurado’s trilogy, which began with 2012’s MARAQOPA and continued with 2014’s BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE ETERNAL SON.  VISIONS is the last part of the story, which began when a character had to disappear from society in order to discover some universal truths. At this point, the individual has been left behind, by an earth now vacant. VISIONS was produced by label mate and super-producer Richard Swift at the latter’s National Freedom recording facility in rural Oregon.

Named “the godfather of the Seattle folk boom” by the Seattle Times. Jurado has worked with and been influenced by numerous notable artists over the course of his 20 year career.  Musicians include: Moby, Fleet Foxes, Father John Misty, Jason Molina, Lotte Kestner, David Bazan, The Head and the Heart, Sharon Van Etten and many more. His dedicated following consists of fans from his beginning days at Sub Pop Records to the new fans that are just discovering his music. His ability to create art by his own rules has made him a visionary and a mainstay in the independent music world.

Hi-res images and album art: http://www.secretlycanadian.com/press/juradodamien/

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DAMIEN JURADO U.S. TOUR DATES:

 

May 12         Neptune Theater                           Seattle, WA

May 14         The Biltmore Cabaret                     Vancouver, BC

May 15         Doug Fir Lounge                           Portland, OR

May 17         The Independent                           San Francisco, CA

May 18         Troubadour                           Los Angeles, CA

May 20         Casbah                                           San Diego, CA

May 21         Valley Bar                                       Phoenix, AZ

May 23         The Parish                                      Austin, TX

May 24         Club Dada                                        Dallas, TX

May 26         Mercy Lounge                           Nashville, TN

May 27         Hi- Fi                                              Indianapolis, IN

May 28         Lincoln Hall                              Chicago, IL

May 29         The Loving Touch                  Ferndale, MI

May 30         The Garrison                           Toronto, ON

June 1         Music Hall Of Williamsburg         Brooklyn, NY

June 3         The Sinclair                           Cambridge, MA

June 5         Johnny Brenda’s                           Philadelphia, PA

June 7         Rock and Roll Hotel                  Washington, DC

June 8         Club Café                                    Pittsburgh, PA

June 9         Beachland Ballroom                  Cleveland, OH

June 10         Woodward Theater                  Cincinnati, OH

June 11         High Noon Saloon                  Madison, WI

June 12         7^th Street Entry                           Minneapolis, MN

June 13         Riot Room                                    Kansas City, MO

June 17         The State Room                           Salt Lake City, UT

June 18         Neurolux                                     Boise, ID