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      FJORD
      January 29, 2016
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    North Texas musician Jacob Metcalf will be releasing his first full-length solo effort, Fjord, later this winter. And while fans of his two longtime groups, Fox and the Bird and Dallas Family Band, might expect a similar rootsy update on rural American music, the sparsely orchestrated cinematic folk that sweeps through these 11 tracks are sure to cover the listener in permafrost and thaw them back out again.

    The material for the record was written over the last decade on five continents (Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America). It was during the last few years that Metcalf lived out of his car and inside a four foot crawl space between a vintage store and loft apartments in order to save enough from his bakery and music teaching jobs to make this album. Recorded in Austin, Ft. Worth and Dallas over the last two years with more than 20 talented musician friends, the singer-songwriter and band members would often use the streets to hone these songs before dressing up the arrangements in the studio.

    The result is an often-breathtaking collection of indie-folk compositions that range from wistful, unhurried ballads to swirling, majestic orchestrations, sometimes within the same song, and all set to Metcalf’s warm, inviting vocals and non-linear story-telling.

    “The album is about great divides,” Metcalf explains. “Rifts between friends and splits between lovers. The terrible separation of our ideals and actual realities. Differences between our absolute worst and best and everything that lies in between. Fjord is about the separation that goes splintering all of us one from another like kindling under the weight of a swinging axe.”

    Jacob Metcalf’s self-released Fjord will be available January 29, 2016 on limited vinyl and digital formats.

    Tour dates in support of the new record to be announced soon.

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    FJORD TRACKLISTING:

    1. All in Due Time

    2. One Three Nine

    3. Cut Your Ties

    4. Ein Berliner

    5. Just a Job

    6. Fjord

    7. Traffic

    8. Winter in Wichita

    9. Correspondence

    10. Sarah Sells Shoes

    11. Pocketful of Hesitation

    MORE INFO ON JACOB METCALF:
    http://jacobmetcalf.com
    https://www.facebook.com/jacobmetcalfmusic

    MEDIA & INTERVIEW REQUESTS:
    Tony Bonyata
    Pavement PR
    e: tony@pavementpr.com
    https://pavementpr.com

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  • HERE’S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT JACOB METCALF’S “FJORD”

    • “Fjord is an album is about personal and political rifts, made clear in track 'Ein Berliner,' a ballad about the contentious border between East and West Germany during the Cold War. Here, gentle, acoustic strumming quickly swells with Baroque strings and waltzes in the clear desert sky with what sounds like twinkling stars as his lyrics depict the wall’s fateful fall.” – CULTURE COLLIDE
    • “Venturing out from the confines of his two longtime bands, Fox and the Bird and Dallas Family Band, Jacob Metcalf offers a collection of ornate, cinematic folk songs on his debut full-length solo album, Fjord. Fans of The Low Anthem, Andrew Bird, and Sufjan Stevens should find a lot to like in Metcalf’s reflective and textured songs.” – UTNE READER
    • “Jacob Metcalf from the Dallas Family Band and Fox & The Bird has gifted us with a gorgeous soul-soother called “Ein Berliner,” a picture-perfect track for your winter playlist and a sweet taste of what you can expect when his full-length solo debut Fjord lands in early 2016.” - KXT RADIO
    • “… occasionally recalls Illinoise-era Sufjan Stevens, with warm horn parts blooming behind a gently picked acoustic guitar. Its strength lies in its quiet intimacy: Metcalf's music is inviting, even as it addresses a thorny subject.” - THE BLUEGRASS SITUATION
    • “Jacob Metcalf’s new single ‘Ein Berliner ‘ has the gravitas to convey history in all its glory and terror - a tune so infused with lyrical weight that a single sigh can speak volumes. Distant trumpets, careful strings, twinkling glockenspiel and gentle baritone make this some sort of cross between Beirut and Kris Orlowski, which is only positive. Metcalf previously was in IC faves The Fox and The Bird, and it seems he hasn’t missed a step since stepping out.” - INDEPENDENT CLAUSES