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With the guitar-driven catharsis of his band Otis the Destroyer largely sidelined during the pandemic, Taylor Wilkins began exploring new sounds on a string of solo singles under the moniker Otis Wilkins. His latest,"Eat Yer Phone," dishes a dreamy, soulful pop ode to summer – and a timely reminder to get off your phone, love yourself, and have some fun.

"I go through all sorts of phases with my music and I'm sure that's not unique, but I get really obsessed with things," Wilkins acknowledges."At one point in the pandemic I was riding my bike around town and listening to Madonna's first record on repeat. There's a shimmering synth at the very beginning of 'Lucky Star' that I really wanted to reproduce, and Max Lorenzen nailed it while mixing and engineering the song.

"It's sort of like an Otis Wilkins mixtape that references some of my favorite flavors," he adds of an EP anticipated later this year. Wilkins recorded the song at Good Danny's studio in Lockhart with Taylor Turner on bass and Aric Garcia contributing percussion, but Andrew Bennet's freshly released video truly captures the delicious glow of Austin's late-summer slacker vibe. Wilkins plays his best Lebowski as he croons into the desperation of getting into Instagram shape, only to be reminded that what really matters happens with friends IRL.

, Kathy McCarty's 1994 reimagining of Daniel Johnston songs, is a testament to the pure love found in friendship and music. By transforming the low-fidelity, outsider-style original tracks to soulful ballads with clean, high-quality production by Brian Beattie, the ex-Glass Eye members and close friends of Johnston brought a more complete realization to the original vision behind the songs.

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