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Their captivating live performances showcase their undeniable talent and chemistry on stage.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"this-side-of-jordan","title":"This Side of Jordan","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt its core, Watchhouse (formerly known as Mandolin Orange) is a duo - Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz - from Chapel Hill, NC. Their harmonies are ethereal, their chemistry vibrant, bringing to mind the atmosphere invoked by classic duos such as Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons, or Gillian Welch and David Rawlings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrew and Emily provide the foundation of the group's timeless Americana sound, while enlisting a full band to flesh out their dynamics. \u003cem\u003eThis Side of Jordan\u003c\/em\u003e is the group's 3rd full-length album and debut release on Yep Roc Records. 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You'll hear the way it magnifies the intimacy at the heart of the North Carolina duo's music, as if they created their own musical language as they recorded it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe talked about the feel of each song and pointed out loosely who was going to be taking solos, but it was mostly a lot of fresh takes, a lot of eye contact, and a lot of nods and weird winks says Andrew Marlin, who anchors the band with fellow multi-instrumentalist and singer Emily Frantz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the duo's songwriter, Marlin sharpens his lyrical prowess here, touching on broad themes of growing older and feeling helpless in a world torn by injustice. 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With time, they had become new flagbearers of the contemporary folk world, sweetly singing soft songs about the hardest parts of our lives, both as people and as a people. Their rise—particularly crowds that grew first to fill small dives, then the Ryman, then amphitheaters the size of Red Rocks— humbled Emily and Andrew, who became parents to Ruby late in 2018. They’d made a life of this. Still, every night, Andrew especially was paid to relive a lifetime of grievances and griefs onstage. After 2019’s Tides of a Teardrop, a tender accounting of his mother’s early death, the process became evermore arduous, even exhausting. Soundcheck, at least, provided some relief, as the band worked through a batch of guarded but hopeful songs written just after Ruby’s birth. Those tunes are now Nightbird, less Mandolin Orange’s sixth album and more their seamless reinvention as a band at the regenerative edges of subtly experimental folk-rock. 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