Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange) is an Americana/folk duo based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Watchhouse has produced six albums of Marlin's original works of American roots music.
[2][3] They signed to Yep Roc Records in 2013[4] and have produced four albums under their umbrella, This Side of Jordan, Such Jubilee, Blindfaller and Tides of a Teardrop.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Marlin recorded his second and third instrumental albums without Frantz, Witching Hour and Fable & Fire.
[3] In April 2021, the band announced that moving forward, they would change the group's name from Mandolin Orange to Watchhouse.