The David Wax Museum, a Mexo-Americana folk band from Somerville, released their first full-length album titled Carpenter Bird on Friday at Club Passim in Cambridge. It’s no surprise the band chose the well-known Cambridge folk venue for its release considering the profound mark they’ve made on the local music scene over the last year, particularly with the crowds at Passim. Tickets sold so fast that the venue decided to create a second show for the release, selling tickets for both 7 and 10 p.m. slots.

Led by multi-instrumentalist David Wax, the folk group is made up of five musicians who play various instruments (including a few Mexican guitars) and sing in often-echoed call-and-response form. Carpenter Bird is devoid of technical studio embellishment; the details of the album are incorporated among the numerous instruments played and the complexity of the songwriting.

The opening track, ‘Jalopy Heart,’ is about an emotionally worn person still looking for love. With lines like, ‘What could you want with my antique-music-box voice?’ the male and female vocalists question whether love is still an option. Instrumentally, the track features mandolin and piano parts that stream in and out between verse and chorus.

Interpretations of traditional Mexican folk songs, the tracks ‘Colas,’ ‘The Persimmon Tree’ and ‘Carpenter Bird,’ all draw from the Son Jarocho tradition, the traditional music of the Mexican region of Veracruz. Wax wrote new lyrics for the songs, but kept some of the themes, melodies, and chord progressions.