Classic songwriting is at the heart of everything Royel Otis do. Friends and kindred spirits born on the sun-drenched coastline of Australia's iconic Bondi Beach, Royel Otis is the brainchild of self-confessed "young scoundrels" Otis Pavlovic and Royel Maddell. Maddell's roots are in the greats of the 1960s, with the sleek orchestration of Roy Orbison and Lee Hazlewood seeping into his own songwriting, meanwhile, Pavlovic has long been obsessed with Jonathan Richman and the deceptively simple storytelling style of The Modern Lovers.