Otis Wilkins (single release), Los Coast, Geto Gala
As Otis the Destroyer, Taylor Wilkins unloaded a barrage of rocked-out guitar, but over the past few years he’s expanded into much more nuanced sounds under the moniker Otis Wilkins. That comes to fruition with the release of an ambitious debut LP via Spaceflight Records, Power of Stuff, which feels both intimate and immense across its 12 tracks. Wilkins plays the album, out in September, like an exploration, diving through sounds from Britpop and Seventies-styled guitar jams to jabby post-punk and epic swooning ballads behind his high-stretching tenor. He previews the album with a single release show with Los Coast and Geto Gala in support. – Doug Freeman
