Strand of Oaks, ‘Shut In’

Strand of Oaks Shut In

Timothy Showalter’s 2011 cover of “Ohio” remains a favorite in these pages, and now here’s an original on par or better: “Shut In,” from his new HEAL LP, due in June. This is the kind of long-journeyed, fuck-it-all redemption we dig around here. Acoustic or — in this case — not, Strand of Oaks cuts through with the kind of worried wisdom you can only hope to endure or — in this case — expend on chords strummed from the heart. Hear it above.