Cut and Paste [Vinyl]

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After a string of rambunctious, critically acclaimedsingles, Oscar is delighted to announce that his hotlyanticipated debut LP, Cut and Paste, will be released May 13th onWichita R ecordings.You can hear the clear influence of a West London upbringingin the basement rhythm of “Be Good” or the dub bassline and echo of theanthemic, uplifting “Good Things”. You’re hit by the boom-bapbreakbeat of his beloved mid-90s hip hop on “Breaking My Phone” and “BeautifulWords”, before swooning to his more tender side on “Only Friend”, whereOscar is joined by Marika Hackman for a gorgeous duet over asea of bubbling synths, or “Fifteen”, an addictive love song, ragged at theedges and wearing its heart defiantly on its sleeve.Despite the wide range ofinfluences on display, the album is unified by Scheller’s beautiful baritonevocal and his keen ear for a melody. And although self-produced, the resultingalbum by no means contains the average lo-fi, crackly sound one might expectfrom someone tagged as a “bedroom producer”.Choosing the strongest songs fromthe demos that originally attracted Wichita to his music, Scheller set aboutre-recording the vast majority of the elements at home – not missing theopportunity to step into a proper studio to add live drums (played by hisdrummer, Aramis Gorriette), alongside his own drum machine programming andsampled breaks for the first time. These new recordings were then passed onto Ben Baptie (Adele, Mark Ronson, Lianne La Havas,Albert Hammond Jr. etc.) to be mixed and to have the dub-influence turned upfurther with the subtle echo effects that you can hear throughout if you listencarefully. Overall, Cut and Paste is thesound of a new musical prodigy well and truly arriving, and a more than worthyaddition to the lineage of eccentric, classic British pop. Format Detail: LP Format: Vinyl Genre: Rock Show more