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Our new old single is out now!

It's 2025, and we had just released Less Than One, an aggressively DIY, avant-garde project with a collection of songs produced with under $1000 worth of gear. Then, BEHOLD, a regularly performing live band striving to regain the rock format, forced to find a way to play this songs electrified, live, and without tracks.
After a year of perform the Less Than One version of Synesthesis, we stumbled across an arrangement that was so much more. It was heavy, it was dynamic, it was new in an old sort of way--it was the soul of the song as it was meant to be.
That is what this track is, Synesthesis as it was always meant to be.

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Avalon (Single)

Less Than One

Letters to God, Man, & Myself

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Previous events

Date	Event	Location
Friday, October 2 @ 8:00PM — 10:00PM Fri, Oct 2 @ 8:00PM — 10:00PM	An evening with Ragged Oak Durango Coffee Company, Durango, CO 81301	Durango Coffee Company, Durango, CO 81301
Thursday, September 24 @ 7:00PM Thu, Sep 24 @ 7:00PM	Persona 749 w/ Ragged Oak Dolores Bike Hostel, Dolores, CO 81323	Dolores Bike Hostel, Dolores, CO 81323
Friday, September 4 @ 8:00PM — 10:00PM Fri, Sep 4 @ 8:00PM — 10:00PM	Ragged Oak & Eli Emmitt Band The Indigo Room @ Iam Music, Durango, CO 81301	The Indigo Room @ Iam Music, Durango, CO 81301
Saturday, April 25 @ 5:00PM — 6:00PM Sat, Apr 25 @ 5:00PM — 6:00PM	Ragged Oak @ The Under One Moon Festival Tico Time River Resort, Aztec, NM 87410	Tico Time River Resort, Aztec, NM 87410
Friday, March 20 @ 7:00PM Fri, Mar 20 @ 7:00PM	Pretty Jane w/ Clayton, Eli Emmitt Band, & Ragged Oak Animas City Theatre, Durango, CO	Animas City Theatre, Durango, CO
Saturday, March 7 @ 8:00PM — 10:00PM Sat, Mar 7 @ 8:00PM — 10:00PM	Ragged Oak at the Indigo Room The Indigo Room, Durango, CO 81301	The Indigo Room, Durango, CO 81301
Thursday, October 16, 2025 @ 7:00PM Thu, Oct 16, 2025 @ 7:00PM	Ragged Oak -- Cardinal Bloom at the Animas City Theater Animas City Theater, Durango, CO 81301	Animas City Theater, Durango, CO 81301
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 @ 7:00PM Wed, Sep 10, 2025 @ 7:00PM	Ragged Oak supporting RELAAY at The Black Heron Lounge The Black Heron Lounge, Durango, CO 81301	The Black Heron Lounge, Durango, CO 81301
Friday, August 29, 2025 Fri, Aug 29, 2025	Animas City Bazaar Durango, CO	Durango, CO
Friday, August 22, 2025 @ 7:00PM Fri, Aug 22, 2025 @ 7:00PM	Ragged Oak w/ The Western Wallflowers & Westfield at Cold Storage Cold Storage, Durango, CO 81301	Cold Storage, Durango, CO 81301
Friday, August 1, 2025 @ 7:00PM — 9:00PM Fri, Aug 1, 2025 @ 7:00PM — 9:00PM	Birthday Concert Celebration Durango Creative District Gallery, Durango, CO 81301	Durango Creative District Gallery, Durango, CO 81301
Friday, July 11, 2025 @ 6:30PM Fri, Jul 11, 2025 @ 6:30PM	Ragged Oak supporting Ryan Cassata w/ Clementine The Hive, Durango, CO 81301	The Hive, Durango, CO 81301
Saturday, May 24, 2025 @ 6:00PM — 9:00PM Sat, May 24, 2025 @ 6:00PM — 9:00PM	Ragged Oak (duo) @ The Tangled Horn The Tangled Horn, Durango, CO 81301	The Tangled Horn, Durango, CO 81301
Friday, March 28, 2025 @ 6:00PM — 9:00PM Fri, Mar 28, 2025 @ 6:00PM — 9:00PM	Shadows of the Past / Durango Creative District Presents an Exhibition by Matt Clark w/ Musical Guest Ragged Oak The Light Box, Durango, CO	The Light Box, Durango, CO
Saturday, February 8, 2025 @ 7:30PM Sat, Feb 8, 2025 @ 7:30PM	Ragged Oak at The Tangled Horn w/ Special Guests, The Western Wallflowers The Tangled Horn, Durango, CO 81301	The Tangled Horn, Durango, CO 81301
Saturday, December 7, 2024 @ 8:00PM Sat, Dec 7, 2024 @ 8:00PM	ORA X RAGGED OAK Black Heron Lounge, Durango, CO 81301	Black Heron Lounge, Durango, CO 81301
Saturday, January 20, 2024 @ 7:00PM Sat, Jan 20, 2024 @ 7:00PM	Live at The Subterrain The Subterrain, Durango, CO	The Subterrain, Durango, CO
Saturday, November 18, 2023 @ 1:00PM — 4:00PM Sat, Nov 18, 2023 @ 1:00PM — 4:00PM	Live Ambient Music Rodeo Odyssey, Durango, CO 81301	Rodeo Odyssey, Durango, CO 81301
Friday, November 3, 2023 @ 6:00PM — 9:00PM Fri, Nov 3, 2023 @ 6:00PM — 9:00PM	Album Release Celebration & Concert Colorado Sound Studios, Studio W, Westminster, CO 80030	Colorado Sound Studios, Studio W, Westminster, CO 80030
Friday, November 3, 2023 @ 6:00PM — 9:00PM Fri, Nov 3, 2023 @ 6:00PM — 9:00PM	[VIP TICKETS] Album Release Celebration & Concert (Includes admission, two drink tickets, poster) Colorado Sound Studios, Studio W, Westminster, CO 80030	Colorado Sound Studios, Studio W, Westminster, CO 80030

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RAGGED OAK

Colorado Post-Rock

Ragged Oak is the musical project of multi-instrumentalist, Joshua Mendrala. Ragged Oak's music boasts of broad dynamics and cinematic influences with introspective lyrics and genre-bending compositions. Combining the sublime nature of the West with the 21st century human experience, Ragged Oak seeks to explore something deeper within every song.

Under the Ragged Oak name, Mendrala also creates videos, original compositions, and learning material.

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ABOUT RAGGED OAK

Ragged Oak is a post-rock band that dances on the fringes of genre. Started, and fronted by Joshua Mendrala, Ragged Oak is a full-band sound produced by Mendrala's direction and vision. Utilizing the talents of various musicians and songwriters, Ragged Oak produces a high-dynamic, introspective world within songs both in the live performance space, and in the recording space. Based in Durango, CO, Ragged Oak has toured the four corners area since 2023, and is a collaborative force.

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Winter 6:53
Winter
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Live Like You're Alive (Single) 3:44
Live Like You're Alive (Single)
by Ragged Oak
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Synesthesis 4:03
Synesthesis
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Premier album peaked at #140 on College Radio Charts, and can be heard on:
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