Later this month, Australian guitar-pop duo Royel Otis will touch down here in the States to support their recently released debut album Pratts & Pain—a 13-song collection that weaves in and out of their regional history of jangle-pop as much as it experiments with post-punk convention. After a fully sold-out string of dates across Australia and New Zealand in February and March, the group has a full month of shows planned here in North America beginning April 20 in Irving, Texas, which includes slots at Shaky Knees in Atlanta, Napa’s BottleRock, and Boston Calling.
In the meantime, Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic will be taking over FLOOD FM this week on a new episode of “Hacked,” where they reveal that their viral cover of “Murder on the Dance Floor” is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to their adoration for the early-’00s indie scene. TV on the Radio, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Badly Drawn Boy—as well as fellow Aussies The Vines and Luke Steele’s pre–Empire of the Sun project The Sleepy Jackson—all make appearance on the tracklist, along with a handful of other alt-rock faves from before and after that era.
Hear the full episode every day this week (April 1 to 5) at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 5 p.m., and 10 p.m. PT only on FLOOD FM.
