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Friday, May 28, 2021

Jack O' The Clock "Leaving California"

Country: USA
Genre(s)Avant/Folk/Chamber Progressive Rock
Label: Cuneiform Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 28, 2021
Tracklist
1. Jubilation (2:49) 
2. You Let Me Down (3:32) 
3. The Butcher (8:39) 
4. A Quarter Page Ad (3:17) 
5. Leaving California (6:57) 
6. Fascination (8:13) 
7. Narrow Gate (11:49) 

Total Time 45:16

Line-up
Damon Waitkus – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, keyboards, hammer dulcimer, etc
Emily Packard – violin
Jason Hoopes – bass
Jordan Glenn – drums
Thea Kelly – vocals
  With
Ivor Holloway - clarinet (3), saxophones (7)
Josh Packard - cello (4)
Myles Boisen - pedal steel (5)

Description/Reviews:
Jack O’ The Clock’s Leaving California is a highly-detailed musical adventure that reveals new layers with repeated listens, from the opening strums of “Jubilation,” which introduces the record with whimsical folksy fanfare, to the angular harmonized violin lead on the closing track, “Narrow Gate.” Throughout, the songs of bandleader Damon Waitkus recall artists such as David Sylvian, Fairport Convention, and Elliott Smith, while creative musical arrangements showcase the band’s high-level compositional and instrumental chops. Upon first listen, Leaving California offers plenty of hooks, but this is music that truly reveals its depth upon the scrutiny of repeated spins.
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