You’d think that the debut solo release from a central member of one of OKC’s most rootsy, earthen bands would be similarly rootsy and earthen, drinking from the same stylistic wells and expanding the same jammy, organic sounds a different direction.
Well, you’d be (mostly) wrong.
The deeply psychedelic and refreshingly odd OAF is the new moniker of Jared Eoff, lead guitarist of OKC alt-folk adventurers Compost Adjacent, who burst onto the scene in recent years to become maybe the most compelling current act in the city’s organic, psych-tinged indie-folk realm.
So you’d be forgiven for expecting “Dungeon,” the new debut EP from Eoff’s OAF, to fall into that same foot-stomping, acoustic-strumming, melodically propelled vein.
But OAF is something altogether different, something intriguing, beguiling, and much, much darker.
Rather than the cosmic campfire songs and psych flirtations, “Dungeon” barrels headlong into fully, gleefully psychedelic prog territory, incorporating jazzy, semitonal chordal movements and odd rhythms before opening up to fiery post-punk or driving hardcore.
Opening “The Culling” is a back-masked, reverse-mixed freakout inviting you into the record like walking backwards into a pool. By the time you’ve lost your footing and tumbled unexpectedly into the title track, you’re already submerged and swimming in its hazy, otherworldly atmospheres.
That track rises and falls through spaced-out riffing, King Gizzard-style leads, gang vocal intensity, and back down to the spacey vibing once more before depositing you back into the warping, reversing audio of segue “Plural,” this time sounding more “carnival nightmare” than “watery dream.”
By the time you’ve landed at “Awaiting,” the thick haze has cleared to reveal something more angular and urgent, the post-punk energy on full display in the Strokes-ian chord-chugging and yelled vocal accompaniment that crashes into a chaotic mess before slamming into a precision-tight rock chorus.
Each of the actual “song” songs are bookended by the loopy, experimental passages, but they play as more than just simple segues or afterthoughts.
“Splice” is a whole sonic landscape of its own, finally casting off the backwards mixing to allow its textures to flow forward, a choppy, lo-fi beat carrying it through a disintegrating bed of synths and an evolving, spirited guitar solo that feels both earnest and epic in a “resolve before the ending” kind of way.
The final catharsis comes in the form of “Easy,” a breezy, driving indie track that’s immediately the most head-bobbing and the most Compost Adjacent-adjacent track on the record.
And then, as if being sucked back through the portal that brought you in, “Exit” escorts you out of the dungeon through the same backwards-looped cacophony, spitting you out right back at the beginning. I haven’t checked to see yet if “Dungeon” is a perfect loop, but that’s definitely the impression it leaves you with.
It’s a record both head-spinning and hypnotic, always opening new doors to you faster than you can crash into them, and always carrying you through every change in style and atmosphere like a space-faring tour guide.
With “Dungeon,” Eoff stakes a strong claim as one of the most exciting and unpredictable forces in OKC music, and the only thing more intriguing than what he might make next is just how he plans to pull it all off live.
That’s a question we’ll be learning the answer to soon enough, when Resonant Head hosts the official “Dungeon” release show Saturday, September 12th alongside Mister Mandala and Rubes.
The “Dungeon” EP by OAF drops Friday, September 4th on streaming services, with a physical release following featuring selection of bonus and live tracks.
For more, follow @theoafmanspeaketh on Instagram.
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Brett Fieldcamp is the owner and Editor in Chief of Oklahoma City Free Press. He has been covering arts, entertainment, news, housing, and culture in Oklahoma for nearly two decades and served as Arts & Entertainment Editor before purchasing the company from founder Brett Dickerson in 2026.
He is also a musician and songwriter and holds a certification as Specialist of Spirits from The Society of Wine Educators.
