Jurado notes parallels between his wilderness avatar and Syd Barrett’s exit from public life. 'Maraqopa', the album, introduced a character – deliberately unnamed, intended to represent anyone feeling that way – who stumbles upon the titular locale then gets into a car crash. Similar to the fictional towns in television or books.”

In that uncharted territory I was able to tap in and find this place. A little bit psychedelic, but you’re not using substances. Maraqopa is this peaceful place I can go to in my mind. But it’s become something that lives in a huge way in my conscience. Exuberantly prolific, its creator simply wanted the first record to be “a quick snapshot. There was no grand scheme to make a trilogy at the outset. Cut once again with label mate and super producer Richard Swift at the latter’s National Freedom recording facility in rural Oregon, 'Visions of Us On The Land' completes the tale of an individual who has had to disappear from society in order to discover some universal truths.

Providing the ideal entry point for neophytes and an intoxicating aural high for the faithful, Damien Jurado’s new opus extends the hot streak ignited by 2012’s 'Maraqopa' and its 2014 follow-up 'Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son'.

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