Damien Jurado & Richard Swift - Other People's Songs Vol. 1

Featuring the songs of Yes, Bill Fay, Kraftwerk and more!

Performed and produced by Damien Jurado and Richard Swift

"...a collection of love letters to pop's past containing the same quirky, offbeat vitality found in the best of either of these guys' work." — Popmatters

Damien Jurado is a master of varying craft. This covers record with Richard Swift, recorded over the course of one late August weekend in 2010, exists simply because the two prolific songwriters were looking for an excuse to hang out. Released as a free download back in 2010 via a Tumblr page, fast forward six years later to today, where Other Peoples Songs, Volume 1 is finally available as an LP on the Secretly Canadian label.

Immediacy and simplicity serve as the driving factors behind Other Peoples Songs, a record permeated by an off-the-cuff, handmade feel, singular interpretations of '60s and '70s cuts. An electric tracklist, ranging from American heartland to groggy behemoths, Other Peoples Songs is a reflection of both Jurado and Swifts personalities — a warm, crackling LP.

Side 1

Be Not So Fearful

Hello Sunshine

Sweetness

Sincere Replies

Side 2

If The Sun Stops Shinin'

Follow Me

Outside My Window

Radioactivity

Crazy Like A Fox

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