Oakland’s Jack o’ the Clock “conjures up stirring visions of a hybrid American history, part fact, part poetry, part visionary hallucination…” (Ed Pinsent, Sound Projector, UK). The quintet has been developing its subtle, acoustic avant-rock on stage and in the studio for nearly a decade, and has released five critically-acclaimed original albums as well as an EP of radically-reinvented cover songs. Fred Frith describes them as “one of the most original and compelling groups I know playing some amazing compositions that seem to tread effortlessly between Van Dyke Parks and folk music from an as yet unidentified culture, while making all the things you’ve always thought of as difficult sound as effortless and natural as breathing.”
Personnel:
- Damon Waitkus — Vocals, guitar, hammer dulcimer
- Emily Packard — Violin, melodica, psaltery
- Jordan Glenn — Drums, accordion
- Jason Hoopes — Bass, vocals
- Kate McLoughlin — Bassoon, vocals, flute
Links to artist websites:
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Performances:
- Seaprog 2017 — Day Two