Local indie pop band Odd Owl will be heading to Bottom of the Hill this week. The band, which features Carmen Caruso on lead vocals and keyboards, has a poppy, bubbly sound that is eccentric and thoroughly pleasing. Caruso's vocals are smoothly mighty, their style is varied and diverse, and their sound offers a delicate mix of things that normally wouldn't go together. Odd Owl just released their EP, The Call, earlier this year. Check out their song "New Americans" and some more information about their upcoming show below. https://soundcloud.com/odd-owl/new-americans The Senators, Odd Owl, Cave Clove, Lauren O'Connell Bottom of the [...]

Odd Owl has just released their debut five-track EP, The Call, following a number of single releases. The album is poppy, eclectic, and energetic in style. Carmen Caruso, lead vocals and front-woman, has a powerful and utterly transfixing voice, while the remaining band members create a sound that is fun, melodic, intrinsic and diverse, developed from an array of genres - from pop to indie. Each song is full of discord, off-beat drumming techniques, and an overall cacophony of sounds that blends together into a cheery ballad. In "New Americans", Caruso is powerful but graceful in her vocals, bringing an energy [...]