Oswald will be releasing their next single about a guy who had a full sex change and had been killed

Scottish indie pop band, Oswald gear up to release their 2nd single - Flying To The Ground.

Following in the footsteps of Franz Ferdinand, The Fratellis and Biffy Clyro, Oswald are the latest band set to break out of the Scottish music scene. The band, who are signed to R&R Music will be releasing the next single that has been selected by fans on the official Oswald website for release in the new year.

‘Flying To The Ground’ was written by lead singer Tom about his friend Sam who tragically died in suspicious circumstances earlier this year.

Lead singer Tom explains the lyrics behind the song,

“Sam was a guy who had a full sex change - she was 23 when I met her at one of our gigs through a friend. A little while after we met she went out one Saturday night in Edinburgh. I got a phone call early the next morning to say that Sam had been killed - she had apparently fallen from a 4 storey building and landed in an alleyway where she died.”

Penning the song that day, the track was originally written to be dark and angry but includes some dance elements that reflects Sam’s ‘full of life’ attitude.

Tom continues,

“She was a total clubber and the life and soul of a party, she knew how to live and always wore glitzy clothes and was an incredible person. I was trying to get across her struggle for acceptance within herself and happiness but also the lack of acceptance from people around her about what and who she was. Everybody has the right to be who they are.”

Oswald empower their fans to directly vote for the band’s singles. They post demos on their website (www.official.oswaldtheband.com), the fans vote for the favourites and Oswald head to the studio to give them exactly what they want. To further include the fans participation in the Oswald releases they have been invited to re-mix “Flying To The Ground” in a competition with the winning entry being included in the commercial release package.

You can listen ‘Flying To The Ground’ here http://www.official.oswaldtheband.com/media/music/next-single-vote