It’s Matthew Antolick from The OaKs. Just wanted to introduce ourselves, and invite you to our SXSW 2008 Showcase, March 12 @ The Wave (408 E 6th St Austin, TX 78701).

You can listen to our new album Songs For Waiting for free through www.theoaksband.com, which releases March 4.  You can also pre-order the album through this link.

We’ve had great response everywhere we’ve played, from CMJ in New York City this past October, to our own home town. We drew 170+ to our last local show here in Orlando, FL, and had a totally engaged audience. We’ve been told that we are a band that “needs to be seen live to be fully appreciated,” which makes sense, since we are probably our happiest on stage.

The OaKs’ new album is reviewed in the most recent issue of Paste Magazine (March 2008). They call Songs For Waiting a “great album” whose “success lies in that balance between lyrical hyper-literacy and a catholic music sensibility that finds as much gravitas in a clap-along as a plucked-guitar.” That was nice of them!

We recently appeared on Public Radio International’s Fair Game, with Faith Salie, where Faith interviewed Ryan regarding the back story of our first single “Masood,” and we performed live in the studio. The show was broadcast in 26 states! If you’d like to hear the archive from the February 13th broadcast, you can listen here:

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/fairgame/.jukebox?action=viewMedia&mediaId=675936&podcastId=2743

Full bio, press photos and more are available via http://www.fanaticpromotion.com/current/oaks_waiting.html or http://www.sonicbids.com/theoaks

See you at SXSW, March 12 @ The Wave. We’re looking forward to it!

Matthew Antolick
The OaKs
Orlando, FL
www.theoaksband.com
www.myspace.com/wearetheoaks
www.purevolume.com/wearetheoaks
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