GoldenOak’s music is rooted in the natural landscape. Their songs move in an organic, grounding direction, shaped by rich, folk-influenced sibling harmony. Fronted by siblings Zak and Lena Kendall, the Maine-based band has built a steady and growing fan base through a sound that feels both intimate and quietly powerful. This approach is clearly reflected in their new album, All the Light in Autumn.

The record deepens GoldenOak’s sound, building on their indie folk foundation with the addition of drum machines and synths, while keeping folk-influenced vocal harmonies front and center. Lyrically, rather than offering easy answers, All the Light in Autumn invites listeners to slow down and reflect on responsibility, connection, and care for the places we live in. The album artwork mirrors this approach, with nine birds representing the nine songs and the individual stories within them.

Beyond their recorded work, GoldenOak tours nationally and has shared the stage with artists such as Hiss Golden Messenger, Sierra Hull, and Blitzen Trapper. They also host their own music festival in their hometown of Farmington, Maine. Under the Oaks Music Festival is a two-day event featuring live music, workshops, and camping along the Sandy River. Now in its fourth year, the festival has become a pillar of the community that the band is building.

McKenzie Kilborne is an indie rock singer-songwriter whose music finds poetry in the mundane — the stranger at the coffee shop who never looks up from her phone, the smoke that lingers when a chapter closes, the version of yourself you were in middle school. Her songs are full of life and quietly devastating.

Kilborne’s instinct to capture a feeling before it disappears has driven her music. Now based in New York City, she makes indie rock with the emotional directness of pop punk and the confessional intimacy of folk, drawing inspiration from Phoebe Bridgers, Maggie Rogers, and Florence and the Machine.

Unveiling her debut EP Constellations in April 2026, the six-track project showcases her gift for character-driven storytelling wrapped in arrangements that feel both raw and carefully considered. It’s music for people who people-watch, who journal and then scroll, who feel things deeply and obliquely.

Constellations is out now on all streaming platforms.

GoldenOak / McKenzie Kilbourne

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GoldenOak / McKenzie Kilbourne

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