Cut and Paste (Vinyl)
After a string of rambunctious, critically acclaimed
singles, Oscar is delighted to announce that his hotly
anticipated debut LP, Cut and Paste, will be released May 13th on
Wichita Recordings.You can hear the clear influence of a West London upbringing
in the basement rhythm of “Be Good” or the dub bassline and echo of the
anthemic, uplifting “Good Things”. You’re hit by the boom-bap
breakbeat of his beloved mid-90s hip hop on “Breaking My Phone” and “Beautiful
Words”, before swooning to his more tender side on “Only Friend”, where
Oscar is joined by Marika Hackman for a gorgeous duet over a
sea of bubbling synths, or “Fifteen”, an addictive love song, ragged at the
edges and wearing its heart defiantly on its sleeve.Despite the wide range of
influences on display, the album is unified by Scheller’s beautiful baritone
vocal and his keen ear for a melody. And although self-produced, the resulting
album by no means contains the average lo-fi, crackly sound one might expect
from someone tagged as a “bedroom producer”.Choosing the strongest songs from
the demos that originally attracted Wichita to his music, Scheller set about
re-recording the vast majority of the elements at home – not missing the
opportunity to step into a proper studio to add live drums (played by his
drummer, Aramis Gorriette), alongside his own drum machine programming and
sampled breaks for the first time. These new recordings were then passed on
to Ben Baptie (Adele, Mark Ronson, Lianne La Havas,
Albert Hammond Jr. etc.) to be mixed and to have the dub-influence turned up
further with the subtle echo effects that you can hear throughout if you listen
carefully. Overall, Cut and Paste is the
sound of a new musical prodigy well and truly arriving, and a more than worthy
addition to the lineage of eccentric, classic British pop.
- Format Detail: LP
- Format: Vinyl
- Genre: Rock
