Damien Jurado - exit three hundred fifty-three, 2016

"'Exit 353' was the first song I wrote for this new album, and I initially wasn't sure about it. When it came time for me to be in the studio, sitting in front of the microphone, I hesitated as to whether or not I would actually perform it once I received the signal from Richard [Swift] that we were recording. I over-counted the beginning and just sang it through. When the take was finished, Richard turned to me and said, 'I think this could be a great single.' Living in the fresh uncertainty of what I had just recorded, I just had to lean into it and trust his instinct."