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As reported by Pitchfork last month, everyone's favorite folk-lovin', blog-writin' hulk, Damien Jurado, is releasing his latest long-player via Secretly Canadian Records... uh, today, actually! The album, titled Where Shall You Take Me?, features ten new tracks recorded with his uncredited backing band Gathered in Song, and guest appearances from Sub Pop singer/songwriter Rosie Thomas, Roadside Monument bassist Johnathan Ford, Seth Warren of Okkervil River, The Prom's David Broecker, and David "Pedro the Lion" Bazan.

And now, as if there were any doubt, comes the announcement that Jurado will be embarking on a brief thirteen-date tour of the northern United States-- with the exception of that kooky anomaly Kentucky-- in support of the album. The tour begins in Seattle, WA before leaving Jurado stranded in Madison, WI, a fate certainly worse than being given the boot by Sub Pop. Novelist Adam Voith and Secretly Canadian's Dave Fischoff will be opening all dates.

03-21 Seattle, WA - Sonic Boom Records
04-08 Chicago, IL - Schuba's
04-09 Bloomington, IN - TBA
04-10 Louisville, KY - Aslans How
04-11 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
04-12 Bryn Mawr, PA - Bryn Mawr College
04-13 Cambridge, MA - T.T. The Bear's
04-14 New York, NY - Knitting Factory
04-15 Brooklyn, NY - South Paw
04-17 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place
04-18 Detroit, MI Detroit - Art Space
04-19 Madison, WI - Catacombs Coffeehouse

In other Jurado news, the man's been busy working on two additional releases, both of which are due out later this year. First is a newly completed EP to be issued by the Spain-based Acuarela label, entitled Holding His Breath, which is being slated for release in April or May. Then there's a sequel of sorts to his found-cassette compilation Postcards and Audio Letters called Listen to Your Life-- and he needs your help! According to a recent blog entry on his website, he requires "recordings of people doing everyday things. Work, at home, with friends, in airports, in your car... information on where you live or who you are is unimportant." Aww, man, what a diss! Sorry, Captain Celebrity, we may not all be world-famous superstars getting chauffeured around to the nation's most glamorous hotspots, but to say we're not important? Fuck you, dude, that's just cold.