![]() ![]() The story behind The OaKs’ music is just as interesting as the sounds. The profound and stirring album is the follow-up to the band’s Our Fathers and The Things They Left Behind which caught the ears and minds of many fans and scribes in 2007 with its unique blend of Graceland’s polyrhythms, Steve Earle’s politics, Wilco’s urgency, and Sufjan Stevens’ orchestrations. One of the major surprises of CMJ 2007, Orlando band The OaKs is set to release its sophomore album Songs For Waiting on March 3rd, 2008. ![]() Fans of Paul Simon’s Graceland, Steve Earle, Wilco, Sufjan Stevens abide. Faith, friendship and Farsi: The OaKs to release stirring sophomore album Songs For Waiting, the patient product of two years in the Afghan Mountains and ten years of spiritual and musical partnership, March 2008.īand lyricist Ryan Costello details the story behind “Masood” - the hypnotic, hopeful tale of an Afghani teen and a mythic hero.
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