Royel Otis Release New Single “If Our Love Is Dead”
Australia’s rising indie stars Royel Otis have released the deluxe edition of their Top 10 ARIA-charting debut album PRATTS & PAIN – It Ain’t Over Til It Ends – available now via OURNESS, with vinyl out this Friday. To celebrate, the duo have treated fans to a heart-racing new single, If Our Love Is Dead.
Warm, compelling and festival-ready, the track wrestles with the delicacy of a fading romance. Otis Pavlovic and Royel Maddell question whether to cling to a love that has dimmed or to courageously embrace the possibility of moving on, opening up space for listeners to contemplate their own experiences. Produced by GRAMMY Award-winner Mikey Freedom Hart (Taylor Swift, ASAP Rocky, Lana Del Rey), Royel Otis pull out some of their most vibrant instrumental work to-date, layering crashing hooks, captivating guitar lines and Otis’ signature choruses into a stadium-sized anthem.
The final jewel in the PRATTS & PAIN crown, If Our Love Is Dead closes out the deluxe edition It Ain’t Over Til It Ends, following on from Royel Otis’ releases of the joyously fizzy Claw Foot, grunge-tuned Merry Mary Marry Me and tender Til The Morning– the latter which saw a first play on Apple Music’s New Music Daily with Zane Lowe.
Royel Otis say on the single: “‘If Our Love Is Dead’ was born out of that feeling when you’ve been with someone for a while and you’re not sure if the spark is still there. You’re like… If it’s dead and it’s not there, then what are we holding on to? What are we doing it for? Are we doing it for the sake of just sticking it out, or do we actually just want to cut paths and move on with things?”