"Hickey," the second album by Australian band Royel Otis

A year after their acclaimed debut album, the duo is back with a second album. Their world tour continues, with a date scheduled in France in early December.

Few bands manage to exude such solar energy on first listen. Royel Otis is a band that no longer has time. Their first album was released a year ago, and their second, Hickey , arrived on Friday, August 22.

" It's really taken the last two years, a lot longer than before , says Royel Maddell, the band's guitarist and singer. But from our perspective, it's been gradual. Now we're playing in front of crowds we never imagined we could, and it's awesome. " Royel Maddell leads the Australian band with his bandmate Otis Pavlovic. Their two first names together to record music, they've found each other.

They've been touring the world intensively for months, presenting their breathtaking, original, and also funny live shows. We still had to find a few moments to imagine and then record this second album, using a now well-established method. "It's a good thing there are only two of us ," exclaims the guitarist. "I don't know how all these bands with four or five members do it. Most of the time, we send each other voice notes or demos, especially voice notes these days, because we tour a lot."

"We show each other everything we do, we exchange ideas, and sometimes we manage to mix things up. Sometimes we stick to one of our basic ideas."

Royel Maddell

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This summer, they played at the Eurockéennes de Belfort in early July, and they will return to Paris, at the Olympia, on December 1st. Based in Sydney, Royel Otis has found a listening ear far from home. It's strange because we built a fan base overseas before Australia , he points out. Strange, given that English isn't the language of most of the countries we visit. I'm very grateful for that. Otherwise, we would never have left Australia ." And with the band's trajectory only going up, it's not certain that they'll settle down at home right away. In the meantime, their music fits perfectly with this light end of summer that we don't want to let go.