Damien Jurado’s music is cinematic in itself. It paints landscapes that are stark and unfamiliar but beautiful. It provokes emotion, introspection and consideration. The last installation of what accidentally became a trilogy is titled, Visions of Us on the Land and includes the track, “Exit 353.”
The music video was directed and conceptualized by Elise Tyler. The video depicts two female characters exposed, in need. Jurado picks the two up on the side of the road, offering blind compassion only to realize that, as Tyler puts it:
“…that he should have never been seduced back into society, that he was and is alone among men.”
Visions of Us on the Land is due out on March 18th on Secretly Canadian.
This track is off of Here We Go Magic’s upcoming record, Be Small, which will be out October 16th on Secretly Canadian. This interestingly eccentric track leaves you wondering what they had in mind. According to Luke Temple of Here We Go Magic, they did this on purpose BUT they have a reason to their madness:
“It’s very linear and dark at the same time. We only like to think and talk about the things and places that everyone else is thinking and talking about…the funny little story of man.”
You can find Here We Go Magic touring their new record starting in late October:
Thu. Oct. 22 – Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel Fri. Oct. 23 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle Sat. Oct. 24 – New York, NY @Bowery Ballroom Sun. Oct. 25 – Somerville, MA @ Cuisine en Locale Mon. Oct. 26 – Montreal, QC @ Divan Orange Tue. Oct. 27 – Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel Wed. Oct. 28 – Detroit, MI @ UFO Factory Thu. Oct. 29 – Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop Fri. Oct. 30 – Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle Sun. Nov. 1 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry Mon. Nov. 2 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Tue. Nov. 3 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge Wed. Nov. 4 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge Thu. Nov. 5 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux Fri. Nov. 6 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern Sat. Nov. 7 – Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club Sun. Nov. 8 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios Tue. Nov. 10 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent Fri. Nov. 13 – Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater Sat. Nov. 14 – San Diego, CA @ San Diego Music Thing Sun. Nov. 15 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar Tue. Nov. 17 – Austin, TX @ Red 7
Wed. Nov. 18 – Dallas, TX @ Three Links Thu. Nov. 19 – New Orleans, LA @ Siberia Fri. Nov. 20 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl Sat. Nov. 21 – Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
You have until September 18th to enjoy Steven A. Clark’s debut record, The Lonely Roller when it comes out officially on the label, Secretly Canadian. I suggest you do so by following a link below to SPIN’s coverage of this exciting news:
