Oak and 1968 to Embark on Weekender Next Month
Who the hell doesn’t want to get out for a weekender every now and then? Next month, London’s Oak and Cheshire’s 1968 will head off together for a three-day stint, starting out at The Black Heart in Camden Town and heading to the continent-proper in order to make stops in Ghent, Belgium, and Paris, France. Decent amount of ground to cover in not a huge amount of time, but the way it’s split up is hardly insurmountable, even with the inevitable traffic of a major urban center. Should be good shows, is what I’m saying. And I dig a weekender tour, so yeah. Right on.
Oak released their third EP, the aptly-titled Oak III, last Spring and have been steadily supporting it around the UK since, while 1968 issued their Ballads of the Godless debut album last year through Black Bow Records, having recorded at Skyhammer Studios. 1968 also were in America earlier this year, making a stop at Planet Desert Rock Weekend in Las Vegas, which hosted a range of international bands. Good gig to get.
Maybe you’ll be in London, Ghent or Paris to catch these two bands, maybe you won’t. I won’t be. But sometimes I’m just glad to see people getting out to do shows. That’s pretty much the story here. That and a cool poster.
Here it is, speaking of:
OAK – MAJOR UPDATE
We are proud to announce that we will pay a short visit to Belgium and France alongside 1968 in September. Oak is a stoner rock band from London. We tried to sound like Kyuss but fucked it all up. We take retro blues rock riffs influenced by the likes of Cream, make it filthy and downtuned and then get an actual mad man to yell over the top of it.
12th of Sept: London UK, The Black Heart
13th of Sept: Ghent BE, Muziekcentrum Kinky Star
14th of Sept: Paris FR, L’international
Event links below:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2320505784674597/
https://www.facebook.com/events/310172116575644/
https://www.facebook.com/events/2815744091833722/
Poster by Jo Riou Graphic Designer
Oak is:
Clinton Ritchie: Drums
Richard Morgan: Bass, Backing Vocals
Kevin Germain: Guitars
Andy Valiant: Vocals
https://www.facebook.com/oakstoner/
https://oakstoner.bandcamp.com/
