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Having sold out his most recent headline tour, global trekker and Byron Bay-based singer-songwriter, producer and eco-warrior Billy Otto offers up his latest labour of love and most frenetic piece to date. California derives its transcendental and guttural tone from Billy's breakup with his former fiance. The song encapsulates both the anger of heartbreak and also the surrender to the flow of life and transition. Finding a sonic crossroad somewhere between The Beatles and Nirvana, Otto couples together a lofi classic rock appeal mixed with a sensitive electro fuzz, with his smooth vocal signature tying the cosmic composition together. The result is a psych-pop tune destined for the festival stage. Having collaborated in the studio with members from the likes of Gang of Youths, The Temper Trap and Rest for the Wicked, his music creation has always been a collective one. Following the release of an eminent cover of The Cranberries’ Dreams with Kyle Lionhart and recent release Lady