Damien Jurado's Postcards and Audio Letters: "Our Kid is Getting Hurt"
Tracks 8. A terrible recording to put in the world? I think I regret it.
Readers & Listeners,
Closing out the Postcards and Audio Letters retrospective, and the last track has fucked me up. In my memory, “Our Kid is Getting Hurt” was a much longer recording—a tireless fight—but it’s only six minutes. In the length of a long song... an entire marriage, a whole family. I had not heard this track in a long time, and not since I divorced. Damien’s had a couple of divorces since we put this out.
“Our Kid is Getting Hurt” is the hardest, darkest track. It must have been recorded for the cops or the court.
I don’t feel great about having released this. Damien Jurado and I trade voice memos on it after the track. He loves it.
🖤AV
Damien Jurado’s
Postcards and Audio Letters (2000)
Tracks 8: "Our Kid is Getting Hurt."
1. Robert 1972
2. Angel 1972
3. Christmas 1983
4. Christmas 1983 (Part 2)
5. “Hi Dawn. This is Phil.”
6. Phil Wakes Dawn
7. Phil at the Airport
8. “Our Kid is Getting Hurt”
Tape salvation and editing: Damien Jurado
Polaroids: Adam Voith
Design: Jesse LeDoux
Voice memos with Damien about “Our Kid is Getting Hurt.” You can hear more with Damien at the end of Angel 1972, and Christmas 1983, and the Dawn & Phil tracks.
I’ve been divorced for about two years, have three kids, and man, this is devastating to listen to.