Harder Love facts: when I was 8 or 9 I made a comic book called “the nuclear warheads”. It was about a punk band (or what I imagined punk to be). It talked about each members instrument/super power, their secret fortress, and the nemesis who was always trying to shut down the concert. That was over 25 years ago and very little has changed. Swap out the band name and replace the ninja guy with a Mohawk lead singer and you arrive at Strand of Oaks. The records I make are my escape into the same safe world that I made those comic books. There was SO much happening in my life during the writing and recording of Hard Love that is wasn’t enough to just have nine songs and be done. Harder Love is yet another transmission from this weird head of mine.
I don’t really have a reason to release this record except for the fact that I want you to hear it. Isn’t that exciting!? Well that’s why I write these songs, I want to share them. Harder Love needs to exist because it closes the chapter on 2017 and to be honest I really need that to happen. As much as I fight it I’m an optimist and always reach for that silver lining. Harder Love is something I’m extremely proud of and life is way to short for these songs not to be heard. Thank you and much love – Tim
Harder Love tracklisting
1. Harder Love
2. Passing Out
3. Cry (Alt Version)
4. On The Hill (Alt Version)
5. Sober
6. Dream Brother
7. Rain Won’t Come
8. Wicked Water
9. Chill Tent
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10. On The Hill (Extended) [Bonus Track, Digital Only]
11. Wanna Get Lost [Bonus Track, Digital Only
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