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At the heart of Oskar’s Drum are Patrick Fitzgerald and Yves Altana

Patrick is best known for his work with seminal 90s band Kitchens of Distinction who released four albums on One Little Indian/A&M before splitting in 1996. They reformed in 2013 for one final album titled ‘Folly’ on 3loopmusic. Patrick has also written and performed as Fruit, Stephen Hero, Lost Girls with singer Heidi Berry and The April Seven with singer Paul Frederick of The Family Cat.

Yves is best known for his work with Manchester bands Wonky Alice, The Chrysalids and (with Mark Burgess) Invincible. He currently plays drums live for Chameleons Vox and is the producer and engineer behind Alchemized Music Production.

Together as Oskar’s Drum they write and perform songs that are jagged, witty shards of angular pop. Their first album - A Cathedral of Hands - is released on Ragoora Records. It features ten new songs ranging from the elegiac Green-Veiled Mirror Ghost to the stomping Blackouts.

File alongside: Magazine, REM, Scott Walker, Siouxsie and the Banshees and (of course) Kitchens of Distinction.

STAFF COMMENTS

Laura says: The welcome return of Patrick Fitzgerald from Kitchens Of Distinction (one of the most underrated bands of the late 80s / early 90s IMO). Gorgeous heartfelt songs that swoop and soar. Lovely stuff!

TRACK LISTING

Green-veiled Mirror Ghost
Infernal
Quartz
In Water
Blackouts
The Last Time I Saw Roger
Arms Of The Dark
Porcelain (The Last Queen Of Vietnam)
Shadowlight
Floating