Strand of Oaks - Miracle Focus (2024)

Posted By: Fizzpop

Date: June 6, 2024

Hello! Tim here. My band is called Strand of Oaks. This is my eighth record and it’s called Miracle Focus.

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.

Sending peace and love. Thank you for your time.
-Tim

TRACKLIST

1. Strand of Oaks - More You
2. Strand of Oaks - Communication
3. Strand of Oaks - Ananda
4. Strand of Oaks - Future Temple
5. Strand of Oaks - Party At Monster Lake
6. Strand of Oaks - Switched On
7. Strand of Oaks - Navigator
8. Strand of Oaks - Ascend You
9. Strand of Oaks - Fantasy Wranglers
10. Strand of Oaks - Miracle Focus

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