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Damien Jurado - Caught In The Trees
Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 1/15/09 @ 5:30 PM - altpress.com

[4/5]
It's easy to forget just how talented Damien Jurado is, especially because the folk-leaning Seattle songwriter is so prolific and consistent. Caught In The Trees, his ninth full-length in just over a decade, is a lovely example of how acoustic-based music doesn't need to be limited by its spare nature. Trees is the perfect album for those who find Iron And Wine boring or Band Of Horses a bit too heavy. Brittle guitars and Jurado's soothing, sympathetic voice work in tandem with strident percussion and the occasional string part ("Predictive Living") or electric flourish ("Go First"). The album's secret weapon, though, is Jenna Conrad's lilting vocals; she and Jurado intertwine voices like ghostly lovers on the Songs: Ohia-like dirge "Best Dress," while her harmonies on the jaunty twang "Gillian Was A Horse" conjure a rustic Rilo Kiley. (SECRETLY CANADIAN) Annie Zaleski

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