The band's name came from a song Jigsaw You from the Belgian band dEUS.
They were considered by the French magazine Les Inrockuptibles! as one of the MUST band to follow in 2012 and the Dutch magazine Heaven considered them to be one of the most interesting and curious European Indie Folks bands.
Their first work was an EP From Underskin in 2004. In 2007 the band released their debut album Letters From The Boatman, being very well received by Portuguese radios and becoming the Revelation Band of that same year.
In 2009 a Jigsaw released Like The Wolf that deserved a deluxe edition on the following year. Like The Wolf is a full album, rich in instruments and talented people. The duet Return To Me between João Rui and the American Becky Lee Walters received a honorable mention on the International Songwriting Competition 2009, having Robert Smith and Tom Waits has part of the judges.
Drunken Sailors & Happy Pirates their third album was released in 2011. In 2012 they saw a second edition of the album being released - coinciding with a Jigsaw's Iberian tour starting in February.
The album has been very well received by critics so far, confirming the band's talent and capacity of exceeding themselves.
The song Crow Covered Tree was recorded in Monsanto, Sintra and it was directed by Joana Linda.
"A looming thought was lurking in my head
Dr. Death came to visit us again
With my lungs tangled in my thoughts I leaned back against the pillow
I would make my way back to sleep once more"
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