Oscar - Breaking My Phone

Every millennial is guilty of it. Happily going about their business one second, the next they’re staring down at the floor, a cracked phone screen giving back a splintered, tragic reflection. Either that or they accidentally drop the thing in the bath. These people have no excuse. They’ve been handed a piece of technology that can quite literally do anything. Take better care, stop pretending it’s not the most important thing in your life - buy a case for crying out loud.

Oscar, however - he has every right to smash fancy gizmos into pieces. It’s someone else’s fault. Or at least, that’s the impression of ‘Breaking My Phone’, which finds Oscar Scheller singing: “I keep on breaking my phone / after I’ve spoken to you.” This person’s riled the poor chap (although he should probably invest in sturdier screens or maybe even a coping mechanism for when something irks him). It doesn’t help when Oscar’s also gone beyond his shiny but rough-edged pop into distorted, post-Britpop territory. Like Damon Albarn on a rampage, this is the sound of Scheller finding inspiration in frustration. He might want to get out the habit of smashing stuff though, if only to save the pennies.