Oketo is a psychedelic indie jam band. They’re prone to experimental, ambient transitions between mournful choruses. Steven DeLair’s dynamic vocal delivery guides these transitions, bouncing back and forth from sultry falsetto to meandering monotone to savage growl while mirroring the song’s emotional flow. The remainder of the flamboyantly-dressed quintet provides saucy instrumental movements rife with pelagic, angled guitar riffs, pinging keyboard lines, and percussion that booms like an animal herd.

Watch the band perform tracks from their debut.

Session Tracklist
1. They Will Give You a Box of Chocolates and Tell You to Believe in it
2. Forward Feeling
3. In Between Invisible Lines
4. Vogene
5. Bone Dance
6. Like A Child

Band Members
Collin McCarthy – Guitar and Backup Vocals
Steven DeLair – Guitar, Lead Vocals, and Piano
Brandon Elwell – Guitar, Piano, Backup Vocals, and Trombone
Bradley Clevinger – Drums and Backup Vocals
Jeremy Buethe – Bass and Backup Vocals

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