caption current_members associated_acts label article_title past_members background origin name
adam arcuragi adam wright , fabian simon arcuragi , andrew gerhan , sometimes lavinia jones these matt pond pa united states , the war on drugs , thirty tigers , high two adam arcuragi
 charlie matt luyk , robbie bennett , maryanne doman , shaun hall flemming , jack carter , david hartley , non_vocal_instrumentalist atlanta york , ny , ga / philadelphia , pa / new adam arcuragi
adam arcuragi

adam arcuragi is an american-born songwriter and musician from georgia , who also lived in philadelphia , pennsylvania , for many years .
he is the founding member of the band spurs , and is credited with being the founder of the musical genre death gospel .
adam 's debut album -lrb- untitled -rrb- was released on high two .
upon release of the album , arcuragi was praised for his complex and often introspective lyrics and his voice garnered comparisons to nick drake and mark kozelek .
songs from the album were featured on stations and sites such as npr 's all songs considered .
in 2008 , arcuragi recorded a la blogotheque/take-away show in new york city and the same year released his ep ` soldiers for feet ' .
arcuragi released his second full-length album titled `` i am become joy '' in september 2009 .
the album included collaborations with singer dawn landes , jesse elliott of these united states .
the backing vocals on `` i am become joy '' were meant to sound like that of a `` ramshackle choir as though each song was tracked in a different church across the wide swath of route 80 that cuts from southern georgia to mississippi '' .
`` like a fire that consumes all before it '' was released on january 31 , 2012 .
the album premiered on npr 's `` first listen '' , and the first single , `` you 'd think this was easy '' premiered on american songwriter .
positive album reviews appeared on npr , paste , the washington post , the huffington post , prefix , impose , time out new york , the portland mercury and many others .
arcuragi recorded an npr tiny desk concert with bob boilen , three daytrotter sessions , and toured extensively through the united states and europe , under his name as well as with spurs .
he recorded a version of claude ely 's ai n't no grave for a compilation called ` the old lonesome sound , alongside artists wye oak , deer tick , phosphorescent and others .
reviews , interviews and articles appeared in rolling stone , paste magazine , american songwriter , on npr , in the l magazine , magnet , the philadelphia weekly and the washington post , the austin chronicle , the guardian uk , huffington post and many others .
he recorded a 78 project that was featured on the bbc
