Okey Dokey expands tour and shares acoustic “Wine Friends

On May 11, 2021

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Nashville trio Okey Dokey are here to help ease you into the week with their laid-back, acoustic version of “Wine Friends,” a song we first heard from last year’s ‘Once Upon One Time’ LP. The track will be released on their upcoming ‘Leaky Sealing’ EP, out this Friday!

In more news, Okey Dokey is coming to a socially distanced venue near you!

The band has expanded their tour to include dates in the Fall, with more dates to come.

Stream “Wine Friends” (Acoustic) on SoundCloud

Press photo by Casey Pierce

“…Filled with psychedelic flavors and pop noir textures…” –Billboard

“‘Are You Up?’ soundtracks the anticipation to rejoice in a new day. –FLOOD Magazine

“A highly defined piece of pop songwriting with some wonderfully odd moments.” –Clash

With Okey Dokey’s latest, multi-band, collaborative album ‘Once Upon One Time’ having just been released in October, the Nashville-based trio is back with a refreshing pallet cleansing EP entitled ‘Leaky Sealing‘. The songs are a collection of b-sides, covers, and new interpretations of some of the band’s favorite songs from the album.

“With the ‘Leaky Sealing’ alternate spelling I was hoping to draw attention to all the leaks. The ones above our heads and the ones above our souls. We live in a world we barely know.”, explains frontman Aaron Martin.

This week the band share’s a stripped down acoustic version of “Wine Friends,” the album standout track from their ‘Once Upon One Time’ LP. “We wanted to go for a sort of Sung Tongs sloppy live feel,” explains Jeremy Clark. “So I just set up a couple of my favorite mics and turned all the instruments on. We basically just walked around finding sounds and tracked the first thing that came to mind and put it to tape. Usually the first take. It was a fun and different approach to recording for us for sure since we usually put so much time and effort into making each part ‘just right’.”

“My favorite tool I used in these recordings that really made up a lot of the sounds is this old Sanyo Boombox I found at an antique mall. It has a stereo widen feature and two condenser mics built in. I tried to stay “out of the box” as much as I could on these, getting all the sounds and textures from things just lying around the room or the strange sounds the Sanyo makes. The drums are this kit I built entirely out of snare drums, and then midi sampled. Definitely one of my favorite experiments we’ve done recording wise, and I think the finished product ended up pretty cool.”

Tour Dates:

6/3 Nashville, TN – Yeehaw Brewing

6/12 Charlotte, NC – Lenny Boy Brewing

6/25 Indianapolis, IN – Hi-Fi

6/26 Yorkville, IL – Summer Solstice

7/9 Lexington, KY – The Burl

7/16 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle

7/17 Charleston, SC – Royal American

10/22 Chicago, IL – Subterranean

10/23 Davenport, IA – Raccoon Motel

10/26 Omaha, NE – Reverb Lounge

10/27 Denver, CO – Lost Lake