COYOTE is a song written by ODLAW. The first single off our debut album ‘Regret-City’ due out later in 2016

After the departure of a founding member, the remaining founding member, Mark Neal (that’s me, I’m writing this) was faced with a gap that could only be filled with another guitarist. Neal, alongside drummer Dane Knowles, and Bassist Nicole Clissa, enlisted the handsome David Jago (formerly Mezzanine) to fill the void and help Odlaw steer itself into a slightly more punk rock kinda vibe.

“Odlaw was a fun side project for me” Mark Neal stated (I’m quoting myself). “I didn’t think it had much potential to start with, singing and fronting a band was something I really wanted to do, but was always kinda scared of. I’m pretty good at hiding behind another songwriter and doing the industry stuff. So losing someone who also sang and wrote songs in Odlaw, meant I had to face the fact that I was the frontman, that I was steering this project.

“Nicole and Dane who have been part of Odlaw a while, already knew I was the lead songwriter, but I was in denial about the whole thing. It’s hard being on the business end and the creative end of a band, it’s easy to dabble in both, but being in charge of both is a lot of pressure. You got no one else to blame if this all goes pear shaped”

“for example, a better manager would (hopefully) tell me to get someone else to write this press release. Someone who knows how to use spellcheck and the English language”

“Coyote is about that. Not the press release bit, the other stuff”

Odlaw launch Coyote at four5nine bar on Friday March 11 with help from THE DAMN SPIRITS, TEIJ, and LIONIZER