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Jack's Mannequin, led by singer-keyboardist Andrew McMahon, will release its second album, entitled The Glass Passenger, on September 30th, on Sire/Warner Bros. Records. Co-produced by McMahon and Jim Wirt (Incubus, Hoobastank), The Glass Passenger is the follow-up to the band's debut Everything in Transit, which was released in August 2005.

Like that album, The Glass Passenger was written and recorded over the course of nearly two years with McMahon going into the studio whenever inspiration struck. As a result, McMahon describes the album as "a bizarre balance between present and past. I was trying to use the music to sort through and reconcile with the adversity of my past."

While The Glass Passenger is essentially autobiographical, the album is not meant to serve as a direct description of McMahon's life. "My past is my past and a lot of this record is about that," he says "but it's also about trying to write myself out of it. This is a record about trying to get well. It's about getting out from underneath something. I want people to receive the music for what it is and not have to contextualize it against my own personal battle."

Jack's Mannequin, which McMahon formed in 2004 with guitarist Bobby Anderson, bassist Jonathan Sullivan, and drummer Jay McMillan in Orange County, CA, has been busy touring this year, including an appearance at the Bamboozle Festival and this year's Vans Warped Tour. The band wraps up a tour with Paramore in Wallingford, Connecticut on August 30th.

The single, "The Resolution" is climbing the Alternative chart.

The track-listing for The Glass Passenger:
"Crashin"
"Spinning"
"Swim"
"American Love"
"What Gets You Off"
"Suicide Blonde"
"Annie Use Your Telescope"
"Bloodshot"
"Hammers and Strings (A Lullaby)"
"Drop Out - The So Unknown"
"Orphans"
"The Resolution"
"Caves"