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May 4, 2018Profoundly authentic, nostalgic, and graceful throughout, The Horizon Just Laughed does nothing less than reaffirm that Jurado is one of the best songwriters in the business.
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MojoMay 21, 2018Self-producing for the first time, Jurado's colour palette retains occasional ornamentation, including orchestration, Wurlitzers and a choir, but his immaculate velvet baritone is more often set in the starker relief of voice/guitar basics. [Jul 2018, p.93]
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May 15, 2018The Horizon Just Laughed is less showy than the Maraqopa trilogy, but in its quiet way just as visionary and odd.
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May 10, 2018These songs pull their power from slow reflections, from a series of sights that have been seen and pondered during long drives down open roads or quiet nights of deep thought.
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Q MagazineMay 8, 2018Altogether, it's a thing of great beauty. [Jul 2018, p.112]
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May 4, 2018The hopelessness that loomed over his prior work gives way to a sort of circumspect hope on The Horizon Just Laughed, a new sense of things working out or having the chance to, and that’s victory enough.
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May 1, 2018With the exception of The Band-esque fable "Percy Faith", the more light-hearted material proves less memorable. Even so, The Horizon Just Laughed continues Jurado's recent winning streak.
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May 1, 2018The Horizon Just Laughed is an album capable of moving listeners figuratively and literally. The pastiche of genres aptly complement and accent the American folk foundation that he's built his style and brand on.
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May 1, 2018While no one will accuse him of deserting his shoegaze stance entirely, he does opt for a more approachable embrace that finds even the most subdued selections building with majesty and momentum. It’s a glorious effect, one that resonates in ways both illuminative and affecting all at the same time.
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May 8, 2018The Horizon Just Laughed finds Jurado, like the stray souls that populate his songs, restless and searching. As those drifting souls sometimes learn, it's often the journey itself that reveals more about the person or principle at hand.
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UncutMay 1, 2018It sometimes feels a little pedestrian, though Jurado excels when upping the pace. [Jun 2018, p.28]
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Jul 17, 2018