Damien Jurado announce US Tour

In order to create a live reproduction of the grandiose recordings of his upcoming record, Saint Bartlett, Damien Jurado enlisted eight musicians from Seattle band Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground to join him on tour as The Saint Bartlett Band. The resulting concerts will be unlike anything Damien Jurado fans have seen before – the songs done justice with an orchestra adding violin, cello, tuba, french horn and keys.

Richard Swift, Damien’s Secretly Canadian Soul Brother, talented filmmaker and producer/engineer of Saint Bartlett, has provided us with a couple of album trailers to get officially stoked.  Check them out at our vimeo here and here.

Saint Bartlett is now available for pre-order here. All pre-orders receive an instant download of the album!

Saint Bartlett will be released by Secretly Canadian on May 25th in North America (May 24th in the UK).

All concerts will be opened by a set from Kay Kay and his Weathered Underground:

5/29/10 Seattle, WA – Triple Door (release party with additional players)

6/02/10 Boise, ID – Neurolux

6/03/10 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge

6/04/10 Denver, CO – Hi-Dive

6/05/10 Lincoln, NE – Bourbon Theater

6/06/10 Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews

6/07/10 St. Paul, MN – Turf Club

6/08/10 Milwaukee, WI – Mad Planet

6/09/10 Chicago, IL – Schubas

6/10/10 Louisville, KY – 930 Listening Room

6/11/10 Cincinnati, OH – Northgate Tavern

6/12/10 Indianapolis, IN – IMAF Festival

6/13/10 Bloomington, IN – The Bishop

6/14/10 Columbus, OH – The Treehouse

6/15/10 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern

6/16/10 Cambridge, MA – TT The Bears

6/17/10 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge

6/18/10 Brooklyn, NY – Littlefield

6/19/10 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s

6/20/10 Arlington, VA – IOTA

6/21/10 Charlottesville, VA – Random Row Books

6/22/10 Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle

6/23/10 Nashville, TN – The End

6/24/10 Birmingham, AL – The Bottletree

6/26/10 Austin, TX – Club DeVille

6/28/10 Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room

6/29/10 San Diego, CA The Casbah

6/30/10 Los Angeles, CA Spaceland

7/01/10 Visalia, CA – The Cellar Door

7/02/10 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill

7/03/10 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios

MP3 for “Arkansas” from Saint Bartlett
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Damien Jurado Official Site
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