I was playing Damien Jurado‘s latest Where Shall You Take Me? for t-bone before we left for dinner last night, and she quite liked it. I explained to her that this album was to Damien Jurado what Nebraska was to Bruce Springsteen, quiet and beautiful. She claimed to hate The Boss – for which, apart from 2 albums, I can’t blame her – but when I played Nebraska for her she seemed to at least tolerate it.

If you haven’t heard either album, go have a listen. Especially Nebraska; it’s so bleak and hopeful at the same time. The tiny bit of optimism, of something good coming through mirrored his own career; apart from the crap he put out for most of his career, Bruce managed to quietly slide out a masterpiece.