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Strand of Oaks - "Goshen '97" from the forthcoming album HEAL, out June 24, 2014 on CD/LP/ Digital on Dead Oceans

HEAL

Goshen '97

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Strand Of Oaks - "Goshen '97"

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Strand of Oaks - "Shut In" from the forthcoming album HEAL, out June 24, 2014 on CD/LP/ Digital on Dead Oceans.

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Strand of Oaks - "Shut In" from the forthcoming album HEAL, out June 24, 2014 on CD/LP/ Digital on Dead Oceans

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Shut In

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Strand of Oaks - "Shut In"

Tossing & Turning

I'm tossing, I'm turning
I'm begging you, I'm yearning
I spend my nights awake
There ain't no give and take
My fire still burns.

I guess I'm just confused
Oh, 'bout me and you
'Cause I look into your eyes,
Girl, I realize
That you feel it too.

Forget all these concerns,
They just block your eyes.
Caution isn't something that we need to exercise.
Even if it hurts, 
I don't really mind.
It's worth it even if it surely leads to my demise.
Leads to my demise...

AHHH AHHH AHH

Yes, it's been over a year,
And I know what you fear,
But cut in half I'm twice the man than anyone you'll find.
I'm tired of this shame,
Just wanna say your name.
My other one, she knows about you, and she doesn't mind.

Forget all my concerns.
We all can see this through.
If it helps, oh, just a little, I hate myself too.
Please don't walk away.
Do something today.
Take a chance, take the gamble, we'll all be something new.
All be something new...

AHHH AHHH AHH

Tossing & Turning (CLEAN)

Strand Of Oaks covers Ryan Adams' "My Wrecking Ball" for WXPN's 2014 Year In Review cover songs project.

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Strand Of Oaks covers Ryan Adams' "My Wrecking Ball"

Dave Chisholm - Vocals, Piano
Elise Hughey - Cello
Alex Patrick - Guitar, Vocals
Stephen Roessner - Drums, Percussion, Vocals

Recorded live at 1809 Studios by Dave Drago
Mixed and Mastered by Stephen Roessner at Calibrated Recording

Ether

Talking Under Water

Lost

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LYRICS:
The comedy of man starts like this:
Our brains are way too big for our mother’s hips
So, nature, she devised this alternative:
We emerge half-formed and hope whoever greets us on the other end
Is kind enough
To fill us in
And, babies, that’s pretty much how it’s been ever since

Now the miracle of birth leaves a few issues to address
Like say that half of us are periodically iron deficient
So somebody’s gotta go kill something while I look after the kids
I’d do it myself, but what, are you gonna get this thing his milk?
He says as soon as he gets back from the hunt we can switch
It’s hard not to fall in love with something so helpless
Ladies, I hope we don’t end up regretting this

Comedy
Now that’s what I call pure comedy
Just wait until the part where they start to believe
They’re at the center of everything
And some all powerful being
Endowed this horror show with meaning

Their religions are the best
They worship themselves but they’re totally obsessed
With risen zombies, celestial virgins, magic tricks
In these unbelievable outfits
And they get terribly upset
If you question their sacred texts 
Written by woman-hating epileptics

Their languages just tend to confuse them
Their confusion somehow makes them more sure
Now they’re much too bright for the old superstitions 
But they’re yet to find a new one they won’t serve

Where did they find these clowns they elected to rule them
They recline in outrage at the 
These mammals are hell-bent on fashioning new gods
So they can go on being godless animals

Comedy
Their illusions that are all that they can see
Their horizons that just forever recede
How’s this for irony:
Their idea of being free
Is a prison of beliefs
They’ve every right to never leave

Comedy
It’s like something that a madman would conceive
The only thing that seems to makes them feel alive
Is the struggle to survive
But the only thing that they request 
Is something to numb the pain with
Until there’s nothing human left

Just random matter suspended in the dark
Hate to say it, but each other’s all we’ve got

Pure Comedy

Talking Under Water makes sad songs to make you feel better. Featuring singing, piano, cello, guitar, and drums. 

On Talking Under Water, the debut LP by the Rochester, NY group of the same name, songwriter Dave Chisholm and his cohorts craft lo-fi indie rock that combines love of a big chorus with a deep appreciation of nuanced songwriting. Tinged with blues and gospel, Talking Under Water is full of harmony vocals, honky-tonk keys, and joyful horns swaying together in a celebration of everything that’s great about a sweaty rock show. 

The ink was barely dry on both Chisholm’s 2013 Doctorate in Jazz Trumpet and his debut graphic novel when he found himself confronting a crisis of music faith. “I was really kind of burned-out on jazz”, says Chisholm, “and found myself again writing a bunch of songs with really painful lyrics that, at the time, I wasn't even aware where this pain was coming from.” Chisholm recruited friends Alex Patrick (guitar), Elise Hughey (cello), and Joe Parker (drums) and together they set out to make a record. They recorded in December 2015 in an old church that had been converted into a recording studio.

Music can mend a broken heart, and Chisholm wrote the bulk of Talking Under Water while navigating the treacherous emotional waters of divorce. Writing, revising, and fine-tuning these songs took on a healing role for Chisholm as the dust settled. During this lengthy process, Chisholm and Hughey came to realize they were meant to be more than just musical partners. “It's kind of a strange situation,” explains Chisholm. “Elise is good friends with my ex-wife and we all get along, there's no bad blood. In the wide world of divorces, situations like this are really extremely rare, and we all owe it to a commitment to communication, honesty, and conscious examination.” Hughey’s insight and love turned out to be integral to both Chisholm’s emotional healing and his songwriting, imbuing the record with a deep sense of self-reflection and personal honesty. 

The majority of Talking Under Water was written on an antique 1800s piano with a great old thuddy sound that inspired much of the lilting blues undercurrent heard throughout the record. Recorded at Temperamental Studios in Geneseo, NY, much of the record was tracked live. Grammy winner Stephen Roessner (Saxon Shore) produced and mixed the record. Joining them in the studio were violinist Marja Alanen, Molly Werts McDonald and violist Ben Magruder, jazz trombonist Brendan Lanighan, and Matthew Sieber-Ford on tenor saxophone, all conservatory-trained.

Joyously cathartic and reveling in its internal darkness, Chisholm hopes that Talking Under Water can help listeners through their own hard times. “I think sad or depressing music, in my life, has been so much more useful than happy music” says Chisholm. “Happy music doesn't cheer me up when I'm down. Sad music, though, it empathizes with you, it sits there with you and tells you you're not alone.’

Lost

Talking Under Water

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