Track Of The Day :: Osca - Illume

Pretty darned gorgeous little number this, the second track now uploaded by south east London four-piece Osca.

With their Osca 'entrance' (the band were previously out as Kenworthy) being marked with 'Blood' last month - see our Track Of The Day -  they up the game still further with 'Illume'.

The track is about "simplicity and how that always means the most," says vocalist and writer, Jack Kenworthy. "I remember going to Glastonbury that year when I wrote it, and coming back remembering Rolling Stones set ender, 'Satisfaction', and the way everyone sang along to all the words. I came home and was messing around on the piano, and the chorus came quickly. I started singing 'Illume" for no reason. It's not a word you hear often but it fit the melody, feeling bright and colourful."

'Bright and colourful' it is, it is also a smoothly executed, bluesy vocalled four minute melody that ebbs and flows over tinkling piano notes and luminous drum textures - and with plenty of honey-dripping 'ooh-ooh-ooh-oohs'.

Catch Osca live on September 10 at Electrowerkz, London supporting Walking On Cars.