Oscar and The Wolf releases new single 'THE GAME'

Oscar and The Wolf is the Belgian alt pop artist Max Colombie. Today, he reveals his new single "The Game" which is released via Play It Again Sam/Neon Gold Records on July 29th, and you can listen here:

Produced by Colombie and Noah Breakfast (Wet, Tunji Ige, Christine And The Queens, et al), "The Game" is a snarling shadow pop behemoth that follows Oscar's debut album Entity. "The Game" is released ahead of Oscar and The Wolf's biggest show to date, headlining the 60,000 capacity Pukkelpop festival next month.

Max said the following about "The Game":

"For this track I worked together with Noah Breakfast. I really liked his work with Christine and The Queens and Ty Dolla ign. So when we finally found some time to hit the studio in LA, it really all tied together quickly. Together with Noah, we really tried to capture enigmatic sounds of late night clubbing. As a soundtrack to an eventful night out; the adventure and drama, the mixture of audacity and uncertainty. Back in Belgium I finished the track with my buddy Jeroen De Pessemier (One Track Brain).

The track does build on the spherical electro sound of Entity. However I feel like it's evolved to a late night remix of that sound. It's grittier, darker and sexier but still about relationships and doubt. Ultimately I'd describe it as tears on the dance floor in the dirty twerk remix."

Further live shows are to be announced.

• “Colombie’s new single blends body-quaking beats in surprising configurations, trap inflections, and darkly melancholic R&B-angled vocals.” - Noisey
• "Add Oscar and The Wolf to the list of rule-benders mixing the fringes of modern R&B, electronic music, and all manner of other kitchen sink influences into pretty nightmares for would-be classifiers." - Pigeons & Planes
• "...what it would sound like if SOHN, Drake and Phoenix had a threesome on a big pile of sequins, i.e. Very Tight." – Jezebel
• “Imagine if Lana Del Rey and Fever Ray made songs together” – Nylon