ERICKOSCAR – Till We Turn Grey

Erick Oscar Celebrates Lasting Love on “Till We Turn Grey”

Erick Oscar’s album Till We Turn Grey is a sincere country-Americana record based on one of the most basic and lasting concepts in songwriting—that you love someone enough to imagine spending the rest of your lives together. The title track was composed for Erick’s wife, whom he has been married to for over 15 years, as a personal expression of his love and a recommitment to their relationship, with a view that extends beyond the present and looks forward to all the years still ahead. There is a beautifully straightforward aspect to that idea. Instead of considering romance as something that belongs solely to youth or the early phase of a relationship, ‘Till We Turn Grey’ accepts the passage of time and makes growing older together a key part of the love story. The song has a warm and personal feel because of Erick’s background playing the acoustic guitar and his fondness for traditional ballads, and the country-Americana style offers just the right environment for lyrics that place commitment and sincerity at their heart.

The album takes that emotional range and puts it into a wider variety of songs dealing with relationships, memories, uncertainty, humour and perseverance. Songs like “Unreal”, “Really?”, “Total Package”, “Guess I Clapped Loud Enough” and “It’s Over” show different aspects of Erick’s songwriting style, and the version of “Till We Turn Grey” with female vocals provides an alternative viewpoint of the title track. The record also has the general musical character that is present in Erick’s music since the beginning: the songs are not based on a single formula but are rather shaped by the emotions and the story they tell. The influence of his Panamanian background and his time in the United States gives an extra dimension to the country-Americana sound, while his long association with the acoustic guitar keeps the music firmly rooted in traditional songwriting. Having written over 1,200 songs over more than 35 years of playing guitar with his worship band, Erick brings to these recordings the experience of a person who has spent their whole life turning real emotions into songs.

The personal aspect of Till We Turn Grey lies in the fact that Erick is not only making music but is also recording his own life experiences. When he was a child, his father exposed him to love songs and ballads, and that early experience is still evident in his deep appreciation for melody, lyrics, and emotional honesty. Recently, after acquiring the skills to use music production software, he has been able to apply his well-established songwriting instincts by developing full arrangements based on them, thus becoming an amateur producer as well as a songwriter and performer. The result is an album which, although produced using modern methods, has the feel of traditional sincerity. At its heart, “Till We Turn Grey” is a commitment to always choosing love at every stage of life, and the album as a whole becomes a wider picture of an artist who holds the view that the most meaningful songs are those which express something true.

“Till We Turn Grey transforms a love song into a lifelong commitment, expressing the beauty of growing older together and deciding to stay with the same person through all the different stages of life.”