Damien Jurado Releases ‘The Horizon Just Laughed’

Damien Jurados new album The Horizon Just Laughed arrived in stores today via Secretly Canadian. The album — which will be available to stream via Spotify, Apple Music, and Pandora on July 6th — has been earning great press, from outlets including NPR Musics New Music Friday, The Wall Street Journal, Exclaim!, Paste, All Music, Brooklyn Vegan, and more. Today, Jurado also shared a stream of song “Percy Faith,” which follows the previously released, additional album tracks “Allocate” and “Over Rainbows and Rainier.”

Jurado will head out on his Over Rainbows North American tour in support of The Horizon Just Laughed next Friday, May 11th in Bloomington, IN. The tour continues through June 4th in Vancouver, BC and includes a May 24th Brooklyn, NY, show at Murmrr Theatre and a May 28th show Los Angeles, CA at Highland Park Ebell. A current itinerary is below.

Like previous albums, The Horizon Just Laughed started with a dream. Though, that’s where things change, as they often do. It is Damien Jurado’s first self-produced album in a 20+ year career, more personal and more rooted than even his Maraqopa trilogy, as though after so much time on the road he’s stumbled upon his home. The album feels like a beautiful collage — its narrative pieced together through letters and postcards, with each part contributing to its greater whole, and providing snapshots of one’s journey to find a sense of place and connection to a changing world.

Over Rainbows tour:
May 11 Bloomington, IN @ Granfalloon: A Kurt Vonnegut convergence
May 12 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry
May 13 Milwaukee, WI @ Colectivo Coffee
May 14 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
May 15 Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch
May 16 Toronto, ON @ The Great Hall
May 18 Montclair, NJ @ Outpost In The Burbs
May 19 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
May 20 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
May 21 Washington, DC @ Rock N Roll Hotel
May 24 Brooklyn, NY @ Murmrr Theatre
May 28 Los Angeles, CA @ Highland Park Ebell
May 29 San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
May 31 Portland OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Jun. 1 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Jun. 2 Seattle, WA @ St. Marks Cathedral
Jun. 4 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
Jul. 26-29 Calgary, AB @ Calgary Folk Festival
Aug. 30-Sept. 2 Vlieland, NL @ Into The Great Wide Open Festival
Aug. 30-Sept. 2 Larmer Tree Gardens, UK @ End Of The Road Festival
Sept. 4 Oslo, NO @ Kulturkirken Jakob
Sept. 5 Stavanger, NO @ Folken
Sept. 6 Bergen, NO @ Landmark
Sept. 8 Tel Aviv, IL @ The Barby
Sept. 11 Istanbul, TR @ Zorlu PSM
Oct. 5 Amsterdam, NL @ De Duif
Oct. 6 Zwolle, NL @ Schouburg Odeon
Oct. 7 Dsseldorf, DE @ zakk
Oct. 8 Berlin, DE @ Heimathafen Neuklln
Oct. 9 Hamburg, DE @ Fabrik
Oct. 10 Copenhagen, DK @ Bremen Teater
Oct. 11 Gothenburg, SE @ Woody West | Pustervik
Oct. 12 Stockholm, SE @ Slaktkyrkan
Oct. 13 Ume, SE @ Droskan
Oct. 14 stersund, SE @ Studioscenen | Storsjteatern
Oct. 16 Malm, SE @ Folk Rock
Oct. 18 Fribourg, CH @ Fri-Son
Oct. 20 Barcelona, ES @ Sit back. LAuditori Sala 2
Oct. 21 Valencia, ES @ Teatro El Musical
Oct. 22 Madrid, ES @ Teatro Caldern
Oct. 23 Lisbon, ES @ TBA
Oct. 24 Braga, PT @ TBA
Oct. 29 Milan, IT @ Arci Bellezza
Oct. 30 Rome, IT @ Monk
Nov. 1 Parma, IT @ Barezzi Festival
Nov. 2 Ravenna, IT @ Bronson
Nov. 3 St. Gallen, CH @ Palace
Nov. 5 London, UK @ Union Chapel
Nov. 6 Mons En Baroeul, FR @ Salle Allender
Nov. 7 Antwerp, BE @ De Roma