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“ “ [INTERSTITIAL] is from Oxbow’s new album, Love’s Holiday. Get it now at Geraldine Morales, director Sofia Reyes, actress Sebastian Leal, production assistant Geraldine Morales: When I made the video, I focused on feelings of sweetness/eeriness that the music suggested. To me, the actress is representing a witch who’s barefoot, playing outside with nature. I imagine her like a sort of Maenad, that’s why her moves and the way she caresses the trees is not just sweet, but suggestive. Niko Wenner: Begun circa 2012, alone facing West at the kitchen table, San Francisco, my white Stratocaster guitar played acoustic/no amp, phone recording, then, 2022 in France among family, headphones, layering that mono recording in ProTools with different start times, a nod to the tape-choir of composer Steve Reich’s “It’s Gonna Rain” begun in 1964 San Francisco, the tempo entropy made to slowly re-sync; finally, adding a phone recording of a mysterious tuned-exhaust fan located where long ago the ocean met land in, now, downtown San Francisco, the “drone” of the working title “Happy Drone.” Upcoming tour dates Oct 20 Philadelphia, PA PhilaMOCA Oct 21 Portland, ME SPACE Oct 22 Brooklyn, NY Elsewhere Nov 5 Seattle, WA Substation Nov 6 Vancouver, BC Rickshaw Theatre Nov 7 Portland, OR State Theatre Nov 9 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall Nov 10 Los Angeles, CA Regent Theatre Nov 11 Mesa, AZ Pub Rock Nov 12 Austin, TX Mohawk Love’s Holiday track listing: 1. Dead Ahead 2. Icy White & Crystalline 3. Lovely Murk 4. 1000 Hours 5. All Gone 6. The Night The Room Started Burning 7. “ “ 8. Million Dollar Weekend 9. The Second Talk 10. Gunwale   OXBOW is Dan Adams (electrical/acoustic bass), Greg Davis (drums/percussion), Eugene S. Robinson (vocals), and Niko Wenner (guitars/pianos). The San Francisco-born band have released seven studio albums since their inception in 1988, with Pitchfork saying the foursome have released “some of the most eccentric heavy music albums ever.”