Contrast is the debut release from alternative indie outfit Otiks. The four songs deal with the inescapability of the human condition.

Contrast EP

"Dial"

Trivialities are taking up your time,
You deftly move from sloth to slumber
What is bugging you?
Stay out of work again
You just have to dial a number…

The world is different when you are a world away
And yet you’re hanging on a line…

The sanity somehow gets lost in the exchange
The only friends are in your head
Your life’s a padded cell, the walls are caving in
When will this madness end?
There’s a bitter taste in your sobriety
To exist is to encumber
You could change, but if I really must be F.R.A.N.K.
You just have to dial a number…

The world is different when you are a world away,
Your sole ambition is to score…

The sanity somehow gets lost in the exchange
The only friends are in your head
Your life’s a padded cell, the walls are caving in
When will this madness end?

The sanity somehow gets lost in the exchange
The only friends are in your head
Your life’s a padded cell, the walls are caving in
This line will soon go DEAD.

© 2012 Otiks


Otiks - Dial (Live Demo) FREE DOWNLOAD

Everyone knows someone that they used to like but now really do not. 
Go hang yourself with your own hair.
You can "like" Otiks on facebook to see what we are up to:
www.facebook.com/otiksband or follow us on Soundcloud @otiks

"Less Than Meets The Eye"

Don’t bother trying to call
I’m not in any doubt
I don’t want you in my life
I’ve been trying to faze you out.
You are a pain, I wish you’d stop
I can’t be arsed to window shop
You walk on glass, your feet are sore
You’re such a wretched horror whore.

I’m not in love
There’s less than meets the eye
You had me caught
There’s less than meets the eye

You could have had it all
Yet constantly you moan
You’ve had your fill of men
But you’re still on your own
On a pedestal, you sat
From way up high, you’ve fallen flat
You douse yourself with drugs and gin
As lifeless as a mannequin

I’m not in love
There’s less than meets the eye
You had me caught
There’s less than meets the eye

We crashed and burned 
Without an alibi
You had me caught
There’s less than meets the eye

Go tell your lies to those who care
Go hang yourself with your own hair
Go choke yourself with humble pie
You are less than meets the eye

I’m not in love
There’s less than meets the eye
You had me caught
There’s less than meets the eye

© 2012 Otiks


Otiks - Less Than Meets The Eye (Live Demo) FREE DOWNLOAD

Otiks' debut single available to download on iTunes, Bandcamp etc..

You can "like" Otiks on facebook to see what we are up to:
www.facebook.com/otiksband or follow us on Soundcloud @otiks

"DEADLIGHTS"

We thought that we'd left it for dead;
But 30 years have passed since then.
We saw the deadlights on its head;
It's making us meet up again.
The losers' club may have grown old.
It's still alive as ever.
The children's bodies may have turned cold,
But i must bring us back together.

And now you've seen inside of me
The deadlights will never set you free
And now you've seen eternity
The deadlights will never set you free

I could have died when that call came through;
I heard the name of that evil clown.
To my brother Georgie, I must stay true
And return to my childhood town.
How could I forget that we'd made this pact?
That we'd stared death in the eye?
I froze with fear and my stutter came back,
I g-g-guess it's t-t-time for another try...

And now you've seen inside of me
The deadlights will never set you free
And now you've seen eternity
The deadlights will never set you free

© 2012 Otiks

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Otiks are an indie rock five piece. Dark-edged music with retro undertones.
Their unusual name is taken from an old Czech folktale about a wooden baby that comes to life. 


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