Strand Of Oaks Announces New Album ‘Miracle Focus’ & Shares Synthy ‘More You’ Single

Strand of Oaks will release a new album entitled Miracle Focus on June 7 through the Western Vinyl record label. Strand Of Oaks, helmed by Austin-based musician Timothy Showalter, shared the record’s lead single, the synthesizer-driven “More You.”

Showalter once again worked with producer and close collaborator Kevin Ratterman, who produced Strand Of Oaks’ 2019 album Eraserland and 2021’s In Heaven. Showalter and Ratterman recorded Miracle Focus at Future Temple in Austin and Ratterman’s Invisible Island studio in Los Angeles. The 10-song album features guest vocals by Lacey Guthrie.

Showalter wrote the following about the eighth Strand Of Oaks album, 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

Listen to the synthy new Strand Of Oaks single, “More You” via the official video below:

Miracle Focus Tracklist

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