Country: USA
Sub Genre: Avant Prog, Prog Folk
Release date: March 15, 2013
Tracklist:
1.All My Friends Are Dead 08:04
2.The Academy 01:26
3.A Lot Of People Are Dead Wrong Most Of The Time 05:05
4.The Pilot 03:44
5.Deepwater Turbines Turning 01:28
6.Half Searching, Half There 03:58
7.Saturday Afternoon On The Median 03:04
8.Disaster 02:34
9.Analemma 02:43
10.What To Do In Our Neighborhood 1 04:20
11.What To Do In Our Neighborhood 2 01:27
12.Old Friend In A Hole 13:20
13.All My Friends Are In My Head 03:02
Line-up:
Damon Waitkus - voice, guitar, hammer dulcimer, etc.
Emily Packard - violins, psaltery, melodica, etc.
Kate McLoughlin - bassoon, voice, flute
Jason Hoopes - bass, voice
Jordan Glenn - drums, accordion, mallet percussion
With
Art Elliot - church organ
Ivor Holloway - tenor sax
Marielle Jakobsons - waterphone
Darren Johnston - trumpet
Nicci Reisnour - harp, wine glasses
Jonathan Russell - clarinet
Andrew Strain - trombone
Cory Wright - clarinet
Ian Forsythe - no-input mixer
Dave McNally and Neil Hodge - rhodes/drum loop
Description/Reviews:
Jack O’ The Clock are a band from Oakland, California who, like many of the Bay Area bands, are adventurous and outside the mainstream. Like most truly inventive bands, Jack O’ The Clock are difficult to describe, but there is something special going on here. Nominally this is artsy-prog-folk, and though it could be called avant or experimental, there is none of the cacophony that suggests. Jack O’ The Clock are pushing their music in new directions, but they remain dedicated to songcraft, and their music has warmth. They “take us on a journey away from the three minute pop song to a nirvana of freeform yet relaxed musical complexity.” [Bluesbunny, Glasgow] Their sound has elicited comparisons to Sufjan Stevens, Henry Cow/Art Bears, Gentle Giant, and Frank Zappa. We’re sometimes reminded of However’s gentler songs, or even an American counterpart to Stormy Six circa L’Apprendista. The thirteen pieces on their third album All My Friends (2013) showcase the band’s core of voices, violin, guitar, hammer dulcimer, bassoon, bass, and drums, plus an expanded woodwind/brass section (eight guest musicians), guzheng (Chinese zither), and found objects such as wine glasses, corrugated pipes, heating grates, and more. (kinesis)Media/Samples
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