Local slacker-rock group, Otis Shanty, of Prospect Hill, has kicked off their fall 2023 Early Birds tour. Otis Shanty is made up of friends, Sadye Bobbette, Ryan DiLello, Julian Snyder, and Jono Quinn. 

On Early Birds, Otis Shanty presents a refined sound that blends elements of experimental folk songwriting with shoegaze and noise pop textures, drawing on stylings of Kurt Vile, Courtney Barnett, Real Estate and Yo La Tengo. On the album’s title track, the band “leans into a slacker-rock aesthetic with apt lyrical accompaniments that exude a self-confident vigor as dreamy vocals, light synths, and jangly guitars beautifully converge.” (Obscure Sound). The band “checks all the indie-rock boxes on the swimmy, shoegazy,” Daylight Savings (BuffaBlog) and Inch Away was one of WBUR’s favorite Tiny Desk entries. In its essence, Early Birds, provides four songs that “build a calming ambience [which] transports you to the serene tranquility of the dawn effortlessly.” (Lost In The Manor).​

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