Oak’s music can be described as dark, pop, electronic, and a
little bit nightmarish.
They formed five years ago in their hometown Oslo in Norway by starting out originally as a folk-rock duo and moving as a progressive rock-pop group.
Now they are a quartet made up by Simen Valldal Johannessen (vocals, keyboards), Øystein Sootholtet (bass), Ole Michael Bjørndal (guitars) and Sigbjørn Reiakvam (drums, percussion, programming). All the band members are in their late 20's or early 30's and have mostly grown up in the Oslo area. They seem to have influences from the styles of Talk Talk, Porcupine Tree, Tears for Fears, and Leonard Cohen.
“False Memory Archive” is their 2nd album, released five years after their debut one.
The opening track which takes its name from the Carsten Jensen 2006 novel, ‘We, the Drowned’ starts the album off with an electronica groove. The setting has this Blade Runner-sque background of this dystopian wasteland that is now piles of rubble and abandoned cities that can never, ever be rebuilt again.
They formed five years ago in their hometown Oslo in Norway by starting out originally as a folk-rock duo and moving as a progressive rock-pop group.
Now they are a quartet made up by Simen Valldal Johannessen (vocals, keyboards), Øystein Sootholtet (bass), Ole Michael Bjørndal (guitars) and Sigbjørn Reiakvam (drums, percussion, programming). All the band members are in their late 20's or early 30's and have mostly grown up in the Oslo area. They seem to have influences from the styles of Talk Talk, Porcupine Tree, Tears for Fears, and Leonard Cohen.
“False Memory Archive” is their 2nd album, released five years after their debut one.
The opening track which takes its name from the Carsten Jensen 2006 novel, ‘We, the Drowned’ starts the album off with an electronica groove. The setting has this Blade Runner-sque background of this dystopian wasteland that is now piles of rubble and abandoned cities that can never, ever be rebuilt again.
The title-track is an acoustic romantic waltz in 3/4 time of
showing the signals of the faded memories down into the rivers of remembrance
with some of the Steven Wilson-sque lyrical backgrounds.
At times one can make comparisons to other artists, in a
positive way, but their sound is unique and it spreads melodic and moody sounds
that everyone can enjoy.
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