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He released his second studio album Cowboy Tears on February 18, 2022.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOliver Tree Nickell was born on June 29, 1993, in Santa Cruz, California. He has said he took \"piano lessons at three years old, [began] songwriting the next year, and [had] an album written by age six.\"\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTree studied business at San Francisco State University for two years.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTree launched his solo recording career as \"Tree\" in 2010. By then, he had made presentations for performances such as Skrillex and Zeds Dead. He initially self-released his music, releasing an album called \"Splitting Branches\" but signed with R\u0026amp;S Records in 2011. He sang and played guitar in a ska band called Irony, which was his first experience performing. Under the pseudonym Kryph, Tree produced dubstep for a brief period of time and performed at festivals such as Wobbleland 2011 in San Francisco. He released music under his pseudonym, Tree.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt age 18, Tree signed up with London-based R\u0026amp;S Records and released his debut EP, Demons. The EP gained some recognition after Radiohead lead singer Thom Yorke approved of his cover of their song \"Karma Police\". Tree eventually found himself on hiatus as he went back to school, studying music technology at the California Institute of the Arts.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Oliver+Tree","playStationPath":"/stations/398646394/play","stationId":398646394,"bioPath":"/music/Oliver+Tree/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Tessa+Violet","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/cb8/cb8cb7844f1c17406cc7656cde6d2c0e_md.jpg","artistName":"Tessa Violet","artistId":393356,"station_id":397801091},{"musicPath":"/music/Stegosaurus+Rex","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/13a/13a5bb77c688bb69e80c997d89b56d8c_md.jpg","artistName":"Stegosaurus Rex","artistId":101271,"station_id":280763629},{"musicPath":"/music/Kid+Cudi","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d83/d83c77e8d4b19b6788b23512987e6821_md.jpg","artistName":"Kid Cudi","artistId":18130,"station_id":159756013},{"musicPath":"/music/Foster+The+People","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0c5/0c5ef9d70c373b2f9631a5dab37025ed_md.jpg","artistName":"Foster The People","artistId":80571,"station_id":267909137},{"musicPath":"/music/Kero+Kero+Bonito","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b25/b25cd0980771cb992c4218c000065065_md.jpg","artistName":"Kero Kero Bonito","artistId":245311,"station_id":367898740},{"musicPath":"/music/Hippo+Campus","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0c1/0c135a2c14990d47b3d34b714fa3fe79_md.jpg","artistName":"Hippo Campus","artistId":326409,"station_id":387025913},{"musicPath":"/music/Goody+Grace","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a48/a4825c5b19ae05915f56da644e63ea98_md.jpg","artistName":"Goody Grace","artistId":393375,"station_id":397801333},{"musicPath":"/music/Poppy","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/481/481864d055111fda17ef3b4ed796976a_md.jpg","artistName":"Poppy","artistId":358705,"station_id":393632806},{"musicPath":"/music/Moby+Rich","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0f1/0f1a39fe56422870d4102857eb0a0740_md.jpg","artistName":"Moby Rich","artistId":403692,"station_id":398666810},{"musicPath":"/music/Matt+and+Kim","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f54/f540988ff09719527de09328c3f0aae9_md.jpg","artistName":"Matt and Kim","artistId":11896,"station_id":113266315},{"musicPath":"/music/Big+Data","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bc1/bc1069ac9a9c9bcd1861bd6fefb0bae6_md.jpg","artistName":"Big Data","artistId":228398,"station_id":348814797},{"musicPath":"/music/Flobots","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e6b/e6b80c6c50b06b92ec1fd562cc16dee3_md.jpg","artistName":"Flobots","artistId":11026,"station_id":113277166},{"musicPath":"/music/NEIL+FRANCES","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bfa/bfad19dcaa6c16454f2ff790ac53664c_md.jpg","artistName":"NEIL FRANCES","artistId":421636,"station_id":400335241},{"musicPath":"/music/Nothing+but+Thieves","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6cf/6cff389135ab818f7de4a322e852443e_md.jpg","artistName":"Nothing but Thieves","artistId":322131,"station_id":392720269},{"musicPath":"/music/Adam+Jensen","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8f6/8f6597e6ebf44ca83a067b474c197637_md.jpg","artistName":"Adam Jensen","artistId":456125,"station_id":401254325},{"musicPath":"/music/Superorganism","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/08f/08f00404fa8cfa7bf0fa584287926706_md.jpg","artistName":"Superorganism","artistId":374155,"station_id":395594200},{"musicPath":"/music/Billie+Eilish","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9ef/9ef3d36aaabde864ebeedc4bb7033292_md.jpg","artistName":"Billie Eilish","artistId":325898,"station_id":386880297},{"musicPath":"/music/SIAMES","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/dc9/dc901dd3e1aa57f125d62bf79ae4c60b_md.jpg","artistName":"SIAMES","artistId":433110,"station_id":400637197}]}