Multimedia maestro Matt Cascella has amassed a beefy portfolio in a comparatively quick span of time. Commencing his profession within the 2010s as one-half of NYC indie-rock duo Brooms, Cascella additionally recorded on his personal as Owlbiter earlier than a pandemic-induced relocation to Portland, Maine. Past music, his Huge Shins Movies launched its first function, the quirky, Cascella-directed comedy Hangdog, final yr with a script by his spouse, Jen Cordery, and a soundtrack by the Walkmen’s Walter Martin. Cascella has additionally labored as an editor and director on a handful of acclaimed documentaries and shorts produced by HBO, Nationwide Geographic, Vice, CNN and others.
“Numerous people in my orbit are in heavy mother or father mode or have been following a good profession path,” says Cascella. “The lifetime of a freelancer is a little more ambiguous. I generally envy the soundness of others, but it surely’s not the trail I’ve chosen.”
“Wait For The Thriller” is the newest spherical of pleasant hearth from Fairly Darn Fairly. The self-released debut from Cascella’s misty-eyed folk- and country-leaning aspect undertaking, Schmoon (a childhood nickname), is offered December 13.
“It’s completely more durable to get excited by issues the older you get,” says Cascella. “Preserving the spark is unquestionably the crux of this tune—and possibly the entire report. Unsurprisingly, we get caught in our each day rhythms in maturity. And it’s more durable to shake ourselves out of the humdrum. Once you do, it’s a complete victory.”
For Cascella, working with mates is one positive strategy to generate a few of that elusive pleasure. “I initially had a quite simple guitar sample for the tune,” says Cascalla, considering again on the evolution of “Ready For The Thriller.” “When (producer) Brendon (Thomas) and I began rummaging round with the recording, he began taking part in this gorgeous variation on the electrical. We ironed out the groove collectively within the studio—him on guitar and me on drums. It was a keep-it-simple strategy. I’m not one for frills.”
We’re proud premiere Schmoon’s “Wait For The Thriller.”
—Hobart Rowland