There’s a moment on Rituals, Watchhouse’s new full-length record, when the Chapel Hill band slips out of its comfortable modern folk lane and into a darker gear. An instrumental breakdown closes ...

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The subtly experimental folk-rock duo Watchhouse brings a June 5 performance to the Cistern Yard. The North Carolina based duo, Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz, were previously known as Mandolin Orange ...

A few years ago, Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz rechristened their band with a new name, Watchhouse. It was a bold move for the duo, formerly known as Mandolin Orange, that invited a lot of questions.

Just last week in Central Oregon, a cool show featuring good (but admittedly niche) bands canceled a day or two before it was supposed to happen. One of the bands posted to Instagram that it was ...

Watchhouse evolved from Mandolin Orange into broader folk and ambient sound. Rituals channels life events, recovery and parenthood into layered, spacious songs. Marlin and Frantz reframed identity by ...