In the Shape of a StormDamien Jurado · 2019

pastemagazine

7.8

“When Damien Jurado plays solo sets, he sits hunched over his acoustic guitar, the curve of his spine enclosing his body in a cave-like perimeter of internal focus. Watching him feels a bit like interloping on a solitary act of worship or the working-out of a nascent creative idea—a whole crowd invading one man’s privacy. The quiet spectacle aches vulnerability, abstaining from the machismo with wh”

thelineofbestfit

7.5

“Damien Jurado goes back to basics on In The Shape of a Storm”

pitchfork

7.4

“The singer-songwriter’s intimate 14th studio album strips down to spare acoustic guitar, lingering on the moments when the buzzing world around all but fades away.”