Belgian
singer-songwriter, engineer and producer Mark L. Oakes releases the ideal soundtrack
for a karmic road trip with his debut album ‘Call Me The Moon’.
Stream
‘Shredded Jeans’ from the album here:
Mainly
tracked at Mark's home studio in the heart of the Ardennes,
the record has been finalised with the help of Londoner cellist Ben Trigg and mastered by Grammy award winner Gavin Lurssen in
Los Angeles.
The shadows of Oakes' idols are never
far and it's easy to imagine his boundless admiration for the likes of Neil Young, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Tucker Zimmerman and Ryan Adams.
While singles ‘Shredded Jeans’ and ‘Friend
From Above (Sleepless Spouse)’ are tinged with soft melancholy, tunes like
‘Aloof Again’ and ‘None Of These Roads’ will lead you straight to a risky,
bitter ground.
Travelling between Europe and the
United States with a bag full of projects, Mark sees ‘Call Me The Moon’ as the
silver thread out of the vague existential maze.
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