I Am Oak releases new album ‘Odd Seeds’ on limited double LP and cassette tape

I Am Oak releases new album ‘Odd Seeds’ on limited double LP and cassette tape ‘Odd Seeds’ is a collection of 26 new and special versions of existing songs, and one new one called ‘That’s That’

Dutch singer-songwriter Thijs Kuijken, the pivotal force behind alt-folk/slowcore formation I Am Oak, releases new album ‘Odd Seeds’ today. It’s the beautiful result of Kuijken spending his days confined at home due to COVID-19 back in March, April and May of this year. A collection of 26 songs, most of them unique and new versions of existing songs, and one new one called ‘That’s That’. It's released on limited double LP and cassette tape, and can be bought in your pop specialty store or in the Snowstar Records webshop. After already releasing the first part online, the second part is now available everywhere online as well. I Am Oak also made a video for ‘Palpable’, watch it now on YouTube. To celebrate the release I Am Oak will be playing three shows in Nijmegen, Utrecht and Middelburg in January and February. All shows are already sold out.

Thijs Kuijken has always been an artist who explores rather than reveals. That particular mindset is beautifully reflected in his music: always adrift in reverie, modestly surrendering to the moment, as his honeyed voice pleasantly rests between sound and poetry. Kuijken has the rare gift of transmuting his feelings and thoughts into natural phenomena and landscapes. Over the years I Am Oak’s discography, starting with debut album ‘On Claws’ back in 2010, has grown into a collection of six studio albums, a live album, two EP’s and a couple of stand-alone singles in between. After the release of full length ‘Osmosis’ in the fall of last year, 2020 should have been a year of European tours and trips to other continents, but then a certain pandemic made sure all the original plans for 2020 were off the table.

Thijs Kuijken had to spend his days, just like everybody else, confined at home. This didn’t make him any less productive: “During the March 2020 quarantine period, I recorded a video of me playing one of my songs live to share on the internet in lieu of actual live shows. This quickly turned into a daily exercise which lasted 50 days, resulting in 50 recorded songs” thus Kuijken himself. What made these 50 songs extra special is that most of them were unique and new versions of existing songs. There were even some songs he had never played live before. 'Odd Seeds' is a selection of 26 of these 50 songs, all of which are reinterpretations of songs from the I Am Oak back catalogue, ranging from before the debut album until most recent album 'Osmosis'. All of them fresh and all of them special in their own way. There’s even a new song called ‘That’s That’

Order ‘Odd Seeds’ on limited double LP or cassette tape in the Snowstar Records webshop. ‘Odd Seeds (Part 2)’ is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, iTunes and Bandcamp. Watch the video for ‘Palpable’ on YouTube.

I Am Oak will play the following shows in January and February:

• 28/01 TivoliVredenburg (band), Utrecht (NL) (SOLD OUT)
• 04/02 De Spot (solo), Middelburg (NL) (SOLD OUT)
• 05/02 Doornroosje (solo), Nijmegen (NL) (SOLD OUT)