California-reared singer-songwriter Jack Van Cleaf writes determined and delicate songs with poetic slant and confessional warmth. At twenty- five, Van Cleaf has taken stage at notable venues including Douglas Corner Cafe, Wire Chicago and SXSW. Intimate performances with Sofar Sounds have found Van Cleaf captivating audiences from New York City to Austin, Texas.
 
Jack lives and writes alongside other young songwriters including Annika Bennett, Gatlin, and Ethansroom. In his songs folk imagination dresses in cinematic production, evoking the spacious and sparse verses of Nathaniel Rateliff and Gregory Alan Isakov. His music also echoes lessons learned from his heroes: a directness borrowed from Kris Kristofferson and lucid spirituality reminiscent of Cohen.
 
&#39;Fruit From the Trees,&#39; Van Cleaf&#39;s premiere full-length record, opens like a lost suitcase. Written across the last seven years, the ten tracks are stashed with fables and fictions, letters to high school lovers, loose change in foreign currency, and a white bandana chalked in red Texas dust.  Co-produced by Jamie Mefford (Nathaniel Rateliff, Gregory Alan Isakov) and Alberto Sewald (Katy Kirby), the record soars with sonic width that melds the folk-song precision of Dawes with a rumbled raucousness suggestive of The Killers.  &#39;Fruit From the Trees&#39; marks an ambitious and colorful arrival for the emerging singer-songwriter.
 

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