Oscar is one of my favorite young artists to emerge within the last year, so it’s amazing to see how far his career has come in such a short period of time. It’s no surprise, as anyone who attended his performance at our CMJ showcase last fall would have been able to tell you that he’s going places.
It’s exciting to announce that he’s officially been signed to Wichita Recordings. With the announcement comes his excellent new single “Daffodil Days,” which will of course be his first release on Wichita. Oscar’s trademark vocals lead the way for what’s ultimately an uplifting pop-tune. Oscar is already an expert at creating songs that feel so intimate yet have a yearning of wanting to break free into something much more.
Oscar spoke to The Fader (who premiered it) about the song’s creation, telling them:
It all started out on one of those dark winter evenings, when everything felt wrong. I was having a pretty bad day and as I was texting a friend, the word ‘difficult’ turned to ‘daffodil’ by a stroke of autocorrect genius. It really made me laugh and somehow made a lot of a sense.
The song represents that day for me. The melancholy in knowing that it won’t work but that there is always hope and future, of the Daffodil Days ahead. Something which is easily forgotten.
If there’s any right in this world of ours, the masses will discover the amazing music of Mr. Oscar Scheller and spread the word, because he deserves it.
It’s early, but we already have one of the best songs of the year with “Daffodil Days.” Stream it below, and be sure to purchase it when it’s released. It’s out digitally on March 2, and will be released on a limited edition 7″ that will be available to pre-order on Wednesday.
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