Seattle Times music writer Andrew Matson has given Damien some of the greatest praise and support in the past year. I use his ‘godfather of Seattle folk’ quote liberally because it is awesome, and an honor. When Matson proposed that Damien do a livestream performance in the old Times press room, we were...
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nothing is the news
Honored to be a part of the team sharing the news of Damien’s next release, Maraqopa. Due out February 21, 2012, it is my favorite work of his to date, and it has been an adventure from studio to announcement. We also managed to work the term “spirit animal” into the one sheet, so...
doe bay, on the year there was the full moon
Much love to those seen below, and so many more who I didn’t get my camera on. Those looking for the full story will have to wait for my friend Dylan Priest to unveil his official coverage of the event.
These aren’t the best shots, but they were the best days.
Thank you.
PICKATHON
THANK YOU Zale, Wendy, Terry, Pendarvis family, and every single volunteer. Love to the artists who made this what it was for me: Fruit Bats, Vetiver, Bill Callahan, Wye Oak, Old Light, Jesse Sykes, Black Mountain, dozens more. Super bonus extra love to our band [Barry, Brad, Kyle, Josh] to our right hands [Val...
Swedish
Writing this from home, where I’m knee deep in homemade soup, kombucha, and a dose or two of dayquil. We made it through all of that travel only to get sick at the end. Good timing, I suppose, given the amount of work there was to do. Another departure looms 6 days...
turku, helsinki, jyväskylä
On a whim I chose to process a photo in black & white a few days ago, and Damien looked at it in awe. “You should shoot in black & white only, always!” I’m hesitant, since I’m most drawn to COLOR while shooting, and all of these were shot with that in mind....
denmark, norway.
The last text I got before getting on the plane to begin this tour was: “You are lightness.” With that, I put the phone on airplane mode and jumped into all of the following:
[+ hopefully more detailed stories coming on tumblr as the tour unfolds.]
A quick word on Record Store Day, coming up...
lightness, dispatch one
I couldn’t be prouder of the humans I’m out here on the road with, nor having a better time. I’d expand upon those thoughts, but it is 3:41 am where I’m sitting, and I’ve sworn off 4 am bedtimes for at least the next two days.
No doubt about it though, we’re having a blast....
goodbye national freedom
Good times. The best. Thank you to Sarah & Dan for sharing their talents with this next album. Thank you to the family Swift for being such beautiful humans. Thank you to Damien for letting me be a part of LP10 & of this music in so many ways. I...
Done in 5 days
Well. That’s a bit misleading. Swift & Damien finished an album’s worth of songs in that time. But they’re hardly done. In a way, they’re just warming up for a full month of recording this summer. It’s going to be good. Hard to believe with that schedule that they...