Oaks of Bethel | zh

OAKS (oh-kzz) n. The term "oak" can be used as part of a common name formed from members of the Tight Bros From Way Back When, Spermatozoa, and Flocking Eduardo. This genus is native to the Northern hemisphere, and includes species extending from the cold latitudes of Olympia, WA and Long Island, NY. Oaks is a indie rock duo from Minneapolis,MN. The band consists of Erica Krumm and Jim Kolles. They released their debut self-titled EP on August 11,2011 featuring the lead track ''Feathers''. On February 16,2013 they released their second EP ''Field Beat''. .

In late 2003, just two years after 9/11, The OaKs's Ryan Costello sold everything he owned, joined a humanitarian organization and moved to Afghanistan. Costello lived there for two years, working in the Central Afghan mountains with returned refugees, teaching them creative agricultural techniques and becoming fluent in their native language, Farsi. Late at night, while the dust storms blocked out the stars and rattled the windows, he would sit and work out impressions of what he had seen and heard that day on his acoustic guitar. After returning to the United States, Costello joined back up with his long-time...

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Twin Oaks is a Los Angeles-based band formed by Lauren Brown and Aaron Domingo. Spending their early days as a bedroom folk act in 2011, Twin Oaks began as an acoustic outlet for Aaron before pitching his songs to Lauren to sing as backing vocalist. Brown's vocals began to better suit the songs and singing roles switched, allowing Domingo to focus primarily on instrumentation. The duo gained local and UK attention from Amazing Radio with their title track from the self-released Not An Exit EP in November 2012 and quickly began work on their follow-up The Lion's Den EP, released...