BIOGRAPHY
Watchhouse, the North Carolina based duo of Andrew Marlin & Emily Frantz, have announced a new studio album called Rituals, due out May 30, 2025 via Tiptoe Tiger Music / Thirty Tigers. The collection marks the pair’s first release of all new, original songs since their 2021 self-titled album, which earned praise from Rolling Stone (“pristine acoustic picking collides with hazy, dream-like psychedelia”) Mojo, NPR Music, American Songwriter and more.
Starting over a decade ago playing coffee shops and local restaurants around North Carolina, Watchhouse is a grassroots success story that’s been driven by Marlin’s poignant songwriting. With sold-out shows at legendary venues like Red Rocks and the Ryman Auditorium, and hundreds of millions of streams, they’ve earned a reputation for creating music that “redefines roots music for a younger generation” (Washington Post). The duo - now with a family of their own - are two singers and musicians with profound chemistry, performing earnest yet masterfully crafted songs that encompass the unknowable mysteries, existential heartbreak, and communal joys of modern life. The forthcoming album is no exception.
PRESS
New song “Better Way”, co-produced by Josh Kaufman (The National, Bonny Light Horseman), heralds new era for the band
"Under their new guise, their typical pristine acoustic picking collides with hazy, dream-like psychedelia in “Better Way,” which comes to a lovely, droning coda in its final two minutes. Sometimes a little change (or a major one, in this case) is just the thing to recharge the creative batteries.” - Rolling Stone
“The duo leans into the transportive quality in the arrangement, a soothing centerpiece to what may be their best work to-date.” - American Songwriter
“Follows the smoke from outsider artists like Bitchin Bajas, Bing & Ruth and the Grateful Dead...the duo push their trusty stringband paraphernalia into an ethereal plane that extends beyond the traditional reach of their Old Time origins.” - New Commute
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