Oscar Lang has released his newest single, “Flowers” via Dirty Hit. The infectious singalong represents the first track from the 18-year-old Londoner since his debut EP bops etc., which was released in 2019.
Written and self-produced, “Flowers” signals the first steps towards a forthcoming record from Lang, who called the single the “new change in my sound that I’ve been waiting to make for a while.”
Of the retro approach to songwriting that helped brand him as “Brian Wilson for Gen-Z” Lang said, “I wanted to blend a mix of the old Beatles-esque psychedelia and a modern sound, and it was a fun opportunity for me to scream all over a track.”
Lang released his self-produced EP bops etc. in June last year – his first release on Dirty Hit – and immediately drew praise from BBC Radio 1’s Jack Saunders, Annie Mac and Huw Stephens as well as The FADER who premiered its lead single “Hey” (ft. Alfie Templeman), and also included the track in their “18 best rock songs right now” column. The Line Of Best Fit made “Hey” their Song of the Day, while NME and others praised the EP’s five inventive and thrilling new tracks. His self-released 2018 records Teenage Hurt and Silk were later pressed on limited yellow 12″ vinyl and re-released by Dirty Hit. The early records set the tone for his solo work — spanning lilting psych hooks to dreamy washes of guitar to punchy millennial lyricism — and drew in hundreds of thousands of listeners in the process.