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Portland, Oregon’s
JEFFREY MARTIN
releases new single covering
NEIL YOUNG’S
“OUT ON THE WEEKEND”
+ More Australian shows
announced
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Hailing from Portland, Oregon folk artist Jeffrey Martin has announced his first-ever live album, Alive July 25, 2025 which is set to be released on February 20, 2026 on Fluff & Gravy Records, a month before he makes his Australian debut. Jeffrey released a single from the album, his intimate cover of Neil Young’s “Out On The Weekend”.
Of the track, Martin says, “I’m really drawn to his notion that joy is a thing that can feel hard to relate to. Like it’s something you observe in other people’s lives, but not yours. He’s got this girl, he’s got this love, he’s got this work he’s doing – but all of it just kinda drags him around and maybe he feels discontented and unseen and lonely more often than not. I think there’s a whole gut full of feelings we can all relate to. Plus the song just sounds timelessly cool. Those dry drums and that bass thumping and then Young comes in all high and lonesome. It’s killer and hasn’t aged a bit since 1972.”
Alive July 25, 2025 was recorded at Portland’s The Showdown and presents an unabridged take of the night exactly as it unfolded – whatever mistakes may have occurred, whatever musical wanderings – in the hopes that the magic of the live show could be captured in an honest way.
Martin offers, “The live show will always mean more to me than any studio recordings. Every night is different and will never exist again. The character of the room, the energy of the crowd, the moments between songs, wherever my mind and heart and voice are at – it all mixes together to create something new and ephemeral leach night. I wanted to capture a single show, no edits, no reordering of songs, no compiling of takes from multiple shows. A record of a night a documentary sense. I was so lucky to have Sam Weber join me on guitar. The best recordings are the ones where you forget you are recording, and Sam’s brilliant playing made me forget entirely.”
In celebration of the upcoming live album release, Jeffrey Martin is embarking on his debut Australian tour in March 2026, performing in Sydney and Melbourne as well as the Port Fairy Folk Festival and Blue Mountains Music Festival.
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LOVE POLICE
PRESENTS
JEFFREY MARTIN
First Australian shows
March 2026
6-9 – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
11 – George Lane, St Kilda, VIC*
12 – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC*
13 – Factory Floor, Sydney, NSW*
14 & 15 – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Blue Mountains, NSW
17 – The Ed Castle, Adelaide, SA // JUST ANNOUNCED
18 – Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD // JUST ANNOUNCED
*with Matthew Colin
Tickets here
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