Strand of Oaks Earnestly Professes Love on New Single "Keys"

Man, the new Strand Of Oaks record is shaping up to be a good one! Today, Timothy Showalter has shared the third single off the forthcoming Eraserland, “Keys.” Following “Weird Ways” and “Ruby,” the new song is a passionate ode to his wife Sue. Here's what he has to say about the track:

"I've tried ever since Strand of Oaks started to properly write or express my love for my wife and best friend Sue. We've grown up together and without a doubt you would have never heard of me if it wasn't for Sue. She worked two jobs at the beginning of Oaks just to make sure I could get plane tickets to some tour I would inevitably lose money on and for six records she was the first to ever hear any song I've ever written. In a way everything that I've written is a love song for her. I was a lonely and aimless kid when we first met and it was her unconditional support that gave me the courage to pursue this dream.

But 'Keys' is a song about the future and realizing with more years the aspects of life that truly matter and what seems so important in the moment just slips into dust. If you listen to the second chorus you will hear the best and only take we could find where both me and my producer Kevin could get through without tears. 'I'll buy us a trailer down in the Keys,' may be the most honest and true realization I've ever expressed to my love. I truly hope anyone listening is loved by someone like I have."

Eraserland was made in the aftermath of a deep depression Showalter experienced following the release of his last album, 2017’s Hard Love. The record features members of My Morning Jacket as well as Jason Isbell as his backing band. Eraserland is out March 22 via Dead Oceans. Strand of Oaks will be in Seattle on Friday, April 26 to play Neumos.

Below, listen to “Keys” and watch Strand Of Oaks’ KEXP in-studio performance from 2017.