In the Shape of a Storm ... seems essential as a showcase of his songcraft at its most elemental.
In the Shape of a Storm rallies in its own way, stripping away all the frills, finding its emotional center with a deep sense of yearning and affection.
In the Shape of a Storm features some of the sweetest songs Damien Jurado has ever recorded.
Jurado possesses a gift for elevated simplicity, and this quality graces In the Shape of a Storm and gives its ten songs a pleasingly rounded shape.
Further listens reveal In the Shape of a Storm – boosted by Jurado’s hypnotically committed, intimate performances - to hold together surprisingly well considering the disparate origins of the material.
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.
Quiet and confident, Damien Jurado gives us ten songs bared to the bone but filled with soul on In the Shape of a Storm.
As with so much of Jurado's work, In the Shape of a Storm is simple in its construction, but panoramic in its impact.
Certainly has a couple of worthy tunes but to my surprise the stripped back approach reveals more of Jurado’s limitations than his strengths.
At once, intimate, sparse and cinematic that plays between the romantic and unrequited. This is his most heartfelt work to date. Lincoln is a beautiful opener.
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