Heading For The Door

From May 2024 album 'PRATTS & PAIN'. This is 'Royel Otis's second full album. Childhood friends Otis Pavlovic and Royel Maddell formed the band known as Royel Otis in 2019, slowly drip-feeding music into the world during the pandemic. Following the release of the band’s debut EP (2021’s Campus), the Australian duo started experimenting with their sound and reposition it into new shapes moving more towards guitars and away from synths for the following two EPs (2022’s Bar & Grill and Sofa Kings). With this shift in sound came the realization that trusting in the spontaneous energy of their demo recordings was the way forward. Royel Otis’ vivacious debut album PRATTS & PAIN (out now) encompasses the duo’s mutual trust in the raw, unconstrained energy which has become the essence of the band. For the album, Otis and Royel often finished lyrics and made sonic directions over a pint at the South London pub (Pratts & Payne) that sits around the corner from Grammy Award-winning producer Dan Carey’s famed home studio. The duo’s writing style is akin to a tennis match, where they support each other in a way that even when someone gets a win and the other takes a loss, they’re on the same side, playing against a sturdy wall. On the album there’s a fusion of harmonious, pop-infused indie tracks alongside hazy psychedelic tunes, all the while managing to evade being compartmentalized into a singular musical genre. - source decoratedyouth.com/royel-otis/