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On My Way To Absence (Vinyl)

By: Damien Jurado (Artist)

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Entertainment Weekly (No. 815, pp.77-8) - "[Jurado is] a gifted storyteller with an unsentimental eye for detail..." - Grade: B+
Uncut (p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[I]t's at its brilliant best when spare and uncompromising....Jurado's riveting narratives explore sunken relationships and thwarted dreams..."
Alternative Press (p.116) - 3 out of 5 - "[A]rguably his most solid collection of folk-based tunes..."
Magnet (p.102) - "Jurado uses more first-person narrative this time, writing as if he actually inhabited these characters. Musically, the production is cleaner, and several tracks are peppered with warm electronic elements that mimic his fragile voice."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 - "The tunes are great and Jurado manages to create a weird tension between the music's sound and its raw subject matter."

Title Note

On My Way to Absence continues on the similar delicate path that Jurado paved starting with Where Shall You Take Me?, with subtle differences. Jurado seems to broaden his palette with which to express this dark business of life on On My Way to Absence -- lush strings swirl underneath tracks like "White Center" and "Night Out for the Downer," while the use of minimal electronics, keyboards, and samples creeps up on tracks like "Big Decision" and "A Jealous Heart Is a Heavy Heart." All of this is sequenced next to the stripped-down and melancholy rock tracks that Jurado is known for, the dark confessional "Fuel" and the raw "I Am the Mountain" being the best examples. On My Way to Absence offers many new areas of musical exploration, suggesting a more mature arranger in Damien Jurado mingling with the wonderfully sad storyteller and vivid landscape painter that he is already known for on previous releases. ~ David Serra

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