Oscarson is a small but intriguing record label. In addition to being on Bandcamp and stuff, they release most (all?) of their things in physical format with sometimes elaborate packaging — odd shapes, die cuts, etc etc.
So I was vaguely aware of them, and had bought a couple of things, and then they released this label sampler — and I bought everything they’d released at that point.
That’s a record label sampler working as intended, eh?
It’s also just a really good album in an of itself — the flow is nice, and it’s varied without being incoherent. Class.
I see that it’s still available from here.
03:36 Andrea Tomasi - Even When 02:02 David Allred - The Dying Dreams of a Billionaire 04:40 Peter Broderick - You Know the Feeling 03:00 Mike Penny - Another Day in the D.P.R.K. 03:46 Joanna Sternberg - How People Work 04:21 Ian Griffith - Cape Horn 02:29 Johanna Warren - Good is Gone 03:32 Good Enought for Grandpa - I Don't Get It 03:30 Jung Body - SFAFWIAISATH 05:36 Brigid Mae Power - Walkin Down a Path 03:04 Steven Doman - Uniform On 03:10 Chantal Acda - For David
Not many of the songs are on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKGrQgfCndY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3DnKhhNd9U
This blog post is part of the Record Label Samplers series.