photo by Kendall Bailey

Mandolin Orange—the North Carolina-based duo of Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz—will release their new album, Tides of a Teardrop, on February 1, 2019, via Yep Roc, marking their sixth record and first new release since 2016.

Today, NPR premiered the lead single from the new effort, the closing track “Time We Made Time,” which can be heard below. On the inspiration behind the new song, Marlin tells NPR, “”I was toying with the idea of repressed emotion as a river that keeps swelling and swelling and eventually either running itself out or carrying you with it. It can be very satisfying to give into the rage and destructive power of it, and I think this recording captures that feeling very well.”

Marlin also points out in a press release that the new record’s songs also came from thoughts of his late mother, who passed away when Marlin was 18 years old. “I think her passing was almost the genesis of my writing,” he says. “That was when I really began to find refuge in writing songs.”

Mandolin Orange will tour in support of Tides of a Teardrop in early 2019, along with a few dates planned for the rest of this year. See their schedule below.

Tides Of A Teardrop Tracklist:

1. Golden Embers
2. The Wolves
3. Into The Sun
4. Like You Used To
5. Mother Deer
6. Lonely All The Time
7. When She’s Feeling Blue
8. Late September
9. Suspended In Heaven
10. Time We Made Time

Mandolin Orange Tour Dates

11/10/18 – Symphony Unbound at The Ramkat – Winston-Salem, NC
12/4/18 – Brew Sessions at Bike Rack Brewing – Bentonville, AR
12/5/18 – Faulkner Performing Arts Center – Fayetteville, AR
12/6/18 – Oxford American Concert Series at South on Main – Little Rock, AR
12/8/18 – Cumberland Caverns Live – McMinnville, TN
2/1/19 – Durham Performing Arts Center – Durham, NC
2/2/19 – Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
2/4/19 – Jefferson Theater – Charlottesville, VA
2/6/19 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA
2/7/19 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
2/8/19 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – New York, NY
2/9/19 – Royale – Boston, MA
2/10/19 – Higher Ground – Burlington, VT
2/12/19 – Phoenix Theatre – Toronto, ON
2/13/19 – The Ark – Ann Arbor, MI
2/14/19 – Majestic Theatre- Madison, WI
2/15/19 – First Ave – Minneapolis, MN
2/16/19 – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL
3/7/19 – Imperial – Vancouver, BC
3/8/19 – Mt. Baker Theatre – Bellingham, WA
3/9/19 – The Moore – Seattle, WA
3/10/19 – The Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA
3/12/19 – The Wilma – Missoula, MT
3/13/19 – Commonwealth Room – Salt Lake City, UT
3/14/19 – Washington’s – Fort Collins, CO
3/15/19 – Boulder Theater – Boulder, CO
3/16/19 – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
3/17/19 – Meow Wolf – Santa Fe, NM
3/19/19 – Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ
3/20/19 – El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
3/21/19 – The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
3/22/19 – Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR