Strand of Oaks

TIMOTHY SHOWLATER Aka STRAND OF OAKS Serves Third Track From Upcoming LP – Hear ‘FUTURE TEMPLE’ Here

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New striking strokes

14 May 2024

STRAND OF OAKS, the musical moniker of Timothy Showalter (born 41 years ago
in Indiana, now living in Austin, Texas) has canned his 8th LP, titled MIRACLE FOCUS.
It’ll show up on June 7.

Showalater: “I spent over three years building Miracle Focus. In the midst of writing,
I became a painter and spent two seasons acting on a television show (Mayans MC).
The dichotomy of painting for days in my garage and then flying out to LA to play
a villainous biker on TV was one of the most thrilling experiences of my life.

The idea of Miracle Focus was born out of one simple concept: to make people feel good.
Throw in a healthy mix of Ram Dass, yoga, Freddie Mercury, Alice Coltrane, and Beastie Boys, plus over a year of writing and building the extremely dense architecture of the songs, and Miracle Focus was born. The result is FUN, wild, rhythmic music filled with synth layering and mantra-like lyrics intended to uplift and hopefully bring some light to whoever listens. In many ways, this record is a love letter to bliss.”

With FUTURE TEMPLE we can enjoy the third track off the upcoming album. A woozy, mid-tempo, synth-percussion infused song.

WATCH/LISTEN

All 3 singles


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SOO: Instagram

TIMOTHY SHOWLATER Aka STRAND OF OAKS Offers Second Stellar Track ‘PARTY AT MONSTER LAKE’ From Upcoming Album

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New striking strokes

17 April 2024

STRAND OF OAKS, the musical moniker of Timothy Showalter (born 41 years ago
in Indiana, now living in Austin, Texas) launch LP number 8, titled MIRACLE FOCUS
on June 7.

Showalater: “I spent over three years building Miracle Focus. In the midst of writing,
I became a painter and spent two seasons acting on a television show (Mayans MC).
The dichotomy of painting for days in my garage and then flying out to LA to play
a villainous biker on TV was one of the most thrilling experiences of my life.

The idea of Miracle Focus was born out of one simple concept: to make people feel good.
Throw in a healthy mix of Ram Dass, yoga, Freddie Mercury, Alice Coltrane, and Beastie Boys, plus over a year of writing and building the extremely dense architecture of the songs, and Miracle Focus was born. The result is FUN, wild, rhythmic music filled with synth layering and mantra-like lyrics intended to uplift and hopefully bring some light to whoever listens. In many ways, this record is a love letter to bliss.”

Following last month’s endearing lead single More You Showalater
presents another stellar one, named PARTY AT MONSTER LAKE.

The video clip was shot in The Netherlands by his filmmaker Ruud Gielen.

“‘Party at Monster Lake’ feels like how we want to relive our memories.
Golden sunsets, the best weather, no clock ticking and smiles for days.”“

WATCH/LISTEN

STREAM/BUY


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SOO: Instagram

STRAND OF OAKS – Timothy Showalter Presents New Endearing Love Ballad ‘MORE YOU’ From His Upcoming 8th Album

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New striking strokes

26 March 2024

STRAND OF OAKS, the musical project of Timothy Showalter,
born 41 years ago in Indiana, now living in Austin, Texas has
his 8th LP, called MIRACLE FOCUS ready for release on June 7.

Showalater: “I spent over three years building Miracle Focus. In the midst of writing,
I became a painter and spent two seasons acting on a television show (Mayans MC).
The dichotomy of painting for days in my garage and then flying out to LA to play
a villainous biker on TV was one of the most thrilling experiences of my life.

The idea of Miracle Focus was born out of one simple concept: to make people feel good.
Throw in a healthy mix of Ram Dass, yoga, Freddie Mercury, Alice Coltrane, and Beastie Boys, plus over a year of writing and building the extremely dense architecture of the songs, and Miracle Focus was born. The result is FUN, wild, rhythmic music filled with synth layering and mantra-like lyrics intended to uplift and hopefully bring some light to whoever listens.

In many ways, this record is a love letter to bliss. Through meditation, I found a way
to connect with something greater, a positive force that allowed me to write music as
a manual towards a more love-focused life. And the miracles I refer to aren’t asking the
universe for anything; it’s just acknowledging and celebrating this complex beautiful moment that we all get to share. It will be gone, it will re-emerge as something new, that will be gone, repeat….repeat…repeat…this eternal cycle. My most sincere hope is that whoever listens might through sonic osmosis experience a similar joy.”

Along with the news comes first single MORE YOU. It starts, yes, with a sort of
Pink Floyd synth soundscape before it turns to an intimate, tender love ballad.

Endearing beauty.


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STRAND OF OAKS – Heart & Soul Stirring Sentiments With 7th Album ‘IN HEAVEN’

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6 October 2021

Artist: STRAND OF OAKS
Who: The musical project of singer/songwriter
Timothy Showalter from Indiana, now based in Austin, Texas.
Active: Since 2003 / 7 studio albums so far (including the new one)

New album: IN HEAVEN
Released: 1 October 2021

Showlater: “In Heaven was created with so much love and my greatest
hope is that it connects with people and provides a momentary space for
reflection, joy, catharsis and whatever else someone might be looking for
in their life. Music is magic and I feel like the luckiest person in the world
that I’m allowed to share it.”

Stereogum says: “Showalter’s new album In Heaven is both a synthesis and
a maturation. The songs came to him in sparse, acoustic forms. In their earliest
iterations as demos, they suggested an Oaks that was a lot more restrained than
the fire-breathing rocker Showalter had fashioned himself as from Heal through
Hard Love and onto Eraserland. With that trilogy behind him, Showalter took the
lessons from those years but also rediscovered core elements of the music he always
wanted to make. A little more rustic, but still cosmic; a little more organic, but still
psychedelic.” Full review and interview with Showlater right here.

Turn Up The Volume: The glow of Bruce Springsteen, the Americana vitality
of Band Of Horses, and the electricalness of Eagle Joe Walsh. Eleven, beautifully,
crafted top singer-songwriter quality compositions. Heart-and-soul stirring
sentiments, heartwarming melancholia, and Showalter’s heavenly voice as
the perfect companion for the winter days to come.

In Heaven does what it was made for. To make people feel alive again after
the isolating lockdown times, optimistic and yes, comforted. A sepia-colored
diamond of a record.

Singles: Galacticana / Jimi & Stan / Somewhere In Chicago

– GALACTICANA –
(Gripping live version)

– JIMI & STAN –

– SOMEWHERE IN CHICAGO –

Stream buy ‘In Heaven’ here…


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STRAND OF OAKS: Website – Facebook

STRAND OF OAKS Gets Lost ‘SOMEWHERE IN CHICAGO’ Thinking About JOHN PRINE

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5 September 2021

Band: STRAND OF OAKS
Who: The musical project of Indiana born
singer-songwriter Timothy Showalter
Active: 2003-present / 7 studio albums,
new one included

New album: HEAVEN
Out: October 1
Order info: here

New single: SOMEWHERE IN CHICAGO
Third piece from the upcoming LP

Showalter: “My ode to the late John Prine and the midwestern
ethos he so perfectly embodied. The song dreams of the great city
of Chicago where John can forever and happily wander.”

This is a sweet, sepia-colored Americana charmer.

Listen/watch here…

STRAND OF OAKS: Facebook