Gecko Flaunts His Creative Flair With Latest Project “The Big Picture”

Hailing from South London, storyteller and singer, Gecko is back with his wittiest and most charming album yet. Inspired by the solo work of Randy Newman, the ten-track project shows Gecko writing from his own perspective, as well as taking on the persona of characters from both real-life and fictional stories. With lyrics based on Duolingo streaks, to the cosmos, it is impossible to predict what story Gecko will tell next!

Gecko’s new release features a collection of thoughtful songs. “Geology”, sets the tone for the rest of the album, with its poetic lyrics and alternative pop instrumentation, that even features saxophone played by the renowned Phil Veackock. Later on in the album is, “The Dawn Chorus” a whimsical, sweet melody with imaginative lyrics that ponders the meaning of the morning songs sung by birds.

The Big Picture was created alongside Mercury-nominated engineer Shuta Shinoda, Gecko gives us a glimpse into how they created the album, “Shuta not only used his technical wizardry and love of analogue hardware to elevate the capturing of organic instruments he also instilled me with confidence in my own home recordings. If something sounded cool it stayed so I felt I could really lean into the scrapbook style, with samples including but not limited to my baby niece’s coos, my Grandad’s voice, my cat's purr, gaffa tape, cardboard tubes and a wooden frog.”