College classmates Sadye Bobbette, Ryan DiLello, Julian Snyder, and Jono Quinn met at a liberal arts school in Upstate New York. After playing parties and local dives under various band names, the four friends booked a writing retreat to a cabin in Otis, Massachusetts, where they wrote their first EP, "Space for Good Things," and released it under the name Otis Shanty. By senior year, the band was living in a suite together on campus and released their first full-length "Suite 33" shortly after graduating in 2021.

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But it wasn't until the 2023 EP 'Early Birds' that the band found its sound. Blending the experimental noise-folk tendencies of Yo La Tengo, the jangly pop hooks of Real Estate, and the lush atmospheric textures of Cocteau Twins, Otis Shanty quickly became indie rock mainstays in their new adopted town of Boston.

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In 2024, the band signed to Western Mass label Relief Map Records and released their sophomore album, 'Up on the Hill'. A homage to the band's Prospect Hill home and rehearsal space, the album explores the fears, joys, and freedoms of growing up and arrived with critical acclaim.