A year ago, Bryan Sammis quit his seat as drummer for L.A. band and quintet the Neighbourhood and embarked on a solo career as Olivver the Kid. His “Freak” EP, released last October, caught a lot of attention
For the song “Attica ’71,” Olivver The Kid uses as a metaphor the four-day riots at New York state’s Attica Prison . Says Sammis: “When the Neighbourhood and I amicably parted ways last January I went into a frenzy of songwriting,” with “Attica” being one of his first. He adds, “It started out as a slow and sad song, but when I took the songs into the studio we really wanted to take it some place a little more alt-pop … Cue Danny Score. Danny has done a lot of production work for my friend Jez Dior and I hit him up about working on some tracks. He knew where the song needed to go and helped me get it there.
The Fat Angel Sings 