Premiere of Jackson Mclaren - 'Some of My Friends' (acoustic)

Warrnambool’s new favourite son Jackson McLaren has released his debut album Songs To Greet The Dawn (out May 2nd through Wonderlick/Sony Music). The album’s been a long time coming, but that’s because McLaren knows you never get a second chance to make a first impression.

At the early age of 17 Jackson McLaren’s folk-inflected songcraft had caught the ear of Josh Pyke, who produced Jackson’s debut self-titled EP. A move to Melbourne later, the breakthrough came with ‘A Whole Day Nearer’ from 2011’s Mirrors and Strings EP.

In 2013 it was followed by the haunting single ‘Some of My Friends’ – a waltz-time tribute to the way that life changes us all, driven by an insistent fiddle and a melody Mumford & Sons would have killed for – and now McLaren and his trusty sidemen, the Triple Threat, present their debut full length album: Songs to Greet the Dawn.

The result, produced by John Castle (Josh Pyke, Washington, Gossling) maps the development of one of Australia’s most exciting young songwriters. “I think the earliest song is from 2008, and others are from only a couple of months ago. I just wanted my first album to be a big, cohesive picture of what has been happening for the last few years.”

‘Some of My Friends’ is a track taken straight from Songs To Greet The Dawn.

Jackson Mclaren Tour Dates

WED 04 JUN THE MELBOURNE FOLK CLUB @ BELLA UNION, MELBOURNE VIC
SAT 28 JUN LITTLE FEATURES @ HIBERNIAN HOUSE, SYDNEY NSW
SUN 29 JUN MENAGERIE @ THE WELCOME HOTEL, ROZELLE NSW