ROYEL OTIS - Pratts & Pain (Repress) - LP - Blue Vinyl [FEB 7]

LP - Limited Edition Blue Vinyl (2025 Repress). 

Pratts & Payne, the South London pub that sits around the corner from the famed home studio of producer Dan Carey, has an important place in the history of Royel Otis.  When making their debut album with Carey in early 2023, the Australian duo - childhood friends Otis Pavlovic and Royel Maddell - would decamp to the pub to finish lyrics and make decisions on the direction of their frst LP. "Dan would ask us to record vocals," Royel remembers, "and we'd say, 'Just give us half an hour, we're popping to Pratts & Payne', and we'd have a pint, a few shots, and get some lyrics down." Eventually, it made such a mark that they named the record Pratts and Pain.

Across the debut album, Royel Otis swing between melodic, pop- inspired indie and woozy psych, but it never feels tied to one lane. As soon as one style or mood has outstayed its welcome, they handbrake turn into psychedelic weirdness or dissonant noise, keeping everybody on their toes. After the table was laid on the two EPs, Pratts & Pain brings everything from the band's history together on a record that's reverent towards their beginnings but unafraid to push forwards into new sounds. This loose, open formula for what makes a Royel Otis song is written all over Pratts & Pain, an album defined by its sense of fun and adventure.

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Tracklist: 

A1.        Adored
A2.        Fried Rice
A3.        Foam
A4.        Sonic Blue
A5.        Heading For The Door
A6.        Velvet

B1.        IHYSM
B2.        Molly
B3.        Daisy Chain
B4.        Glory To Glory
B5.        Always Always
B6.        Big Ciggie