Interview with Oscar Lang
We had the pleasure of interviewing Oscar Lang over Zoom video!
Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer Oscar Lang has released his sophomore album Look Now via Dirty Hit. Deeply personal and sonically elevated, Look Now features some of Oscar\u2019s most confessional and inspired songwriting yet. Teeming with emotional intimacy, Look Now feels as if it was lifted directly from the pages of Oscar\u2019s personal journal.
The 10-track collection features his newest single \u201cLeave Me Alone,\u201d which is both melodically sweet and infinitely relatable in its sentiment that sometimes you just want to be by yourself. A stand-out track on the album, the song describes the universally felt urge to self-isolate after a long night out. Quintessentially Oscar in its pop-fusion sound and piano-driven accompaniment, the confessional track is another example of his expert lyrical storytelling and knack for peeling back the curtain for a peek into his mind.
Earlier this year, Oscar provided a powerful introduction to his new musical chapter with his soaring, symphony-soaked lead single \u201cA Song About Me\u201d which recalls past love over a landscape of resounding instrumentals, received airplay on BBC Radio 1, and appeared on major editorial playlists across Spotify and Apple Music. He followed up this momentous opening with the release of subsequent singles \u201cOne Foot First,\u201d an introspective, melancholic release of emotion that dives into loss through an empathetic lens, and \u201cEverything Unspoken" which draws strength from Oscar\u2019s own experiences with social anxiety and further establishes the album\u2019s emotive nature. Exploring darker themes, while still maintaining a relatively light and melodic essence, his most recent single \u201cOn God,\u201d haunting in tone and deeply personal, offers a glimpse into Oscar\u2019s own journey through grief and how he continues to persevere.
With a sound influenced by the piano-driven ballads of icons like Elton John, Paul McCartney and Billy Joel, Look Now calls upon classic Beatles songwriting through the prism of Animal Collective and Mac DeMarco. After a break-up that left him heartbroken, Oscar channeled his emotions into his songwriting as a means of catharsis and therapeutic healing. Using the creative process as his lifeline, Oscar grapples with universal themes of personal loss and longing\u2014drawing from his own experience with a broken heart and the lingering pain of losing his mother as a child. The result is a collection of songs that showcase his masterful honesty as a writer and soulful artistry as a musician.
Maintaining a rapid momentum as he continues his takeover of the indie-pop scene, Oscar will be embarking on a headline tour of the UK this August and includes performances at major European festivals including Green Man Festival in Wales and Waves Festival in Vienna.
Known for his signature sunshine lo-fi pop and unassuming, sharp songwriting, Oscar has had a momentous rise in recent years following the release of his debut album Chew The Scenery which features stand-out tracks such as \u201cYeah!,\u201d \u201c21st Century Hobby,\u201d and \u201cStuck.\u201d The critically lauded release, which quickly added to his over 100 million streams, received major praise from outlets such as SPIN, FADER, The Line\u202fOf\u202fBest Fit, NME, CLASH, The Guardian, Ones To Watch, The Sunday Times, and more. The stunning debut easily built upon the success of his early viral hits \u201cShe Likes Another Boy\u201d and \u201cThe Moon Song\u201d and early production work, most notably working on indie pop icon beabadoobee\u2019s breakout hit \u201cCoffee.\u201d
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