St. Petersburg’s Oxford Noland is inviting Bay area local music supporters to hear and see what the band recorded at “Buckingham Palace.”
“It’s what Bucky calls his studio in Plant City,” guitarist and singer Shua Harrell told CL. “Bucky” is Aaron Buckingham, Harrell’s cousin, who plays drums and synth for Oxford Noland. The duo is readying the release of a new EP, One Take, which is the follow-up to a 2015 album, We're Silhouettes. “Coyotes” is the second single from the EP, and Harrell said that it’s basically about getting lost within yourself in an effort to find one’s true self.
“The coyotes would be insecurities and fears,” Harrell said, adding that the EP got its name since it’s essentially a live recording done in one take. The three-and-a-half-minute-clip, filmed by Megan Shea and then edited by Buckingham, got the same treatment.
“What you see is what you get,” Harrell added. “No overdubs, no studio magic.”
The break between albums is a result of Buckingham’s role as drummer for Orlando rock and roll band The Groove Orient, which just played its final show at Orange Blossom Jamboree. Buckingham said that the familial nature of Oxford Noland meant that he and Harrell could always have it as an outlet, but that the project also got put on the back burner because of his commitment to The Groove Orient.
“That has now changed and my attention has moved completely onto Oxford Noland, allowing us to work and grow this band full-time,” Buckingham told CL. A full-length is in the works after Oxford Noland tours the Southeast in support of One Take, which is supposed to be released in August.
Have a look at the video below.
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This article appears in May 30 – Jun 6, 2019.


