Otala
Better Than The End
About
Otala are a 4 piece post-rock band based in London, UK, consisting of Oscar Thorpe (Guitar, Vocals), Rory Allen (Bass Guitar), Charlotte Foulkes (Sax), and Jacob Wing (Drums).
Our EP 'Better Than The End' will be released on the 22nd April 2026. CD Pre-orders are available now 💿.
Contact
For gigs please email our agent Connor connor@trustartists.com
For press enquiries or anything else personal, please email us at contact@otalaband.com.
You can also message us on Instagram at @otalaband
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All Gigs
| Date | City | Venue | With | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | 06.05.2026 | Paris | Supersonic | Headline |
| 104 | 02.05.2026 | London | The Grace | Headline |
| 103 | 01.05.2026 | Bristol | The Lanes | Headline |
| 102 | 30.04.2026 | Nottingham | The Bodega | Headline |
| 101 | 29.04.2026 | Norwich | Voodoo Daddy's | Headline |
| 100 | 05.04.2026 | London | SET Social Peckham | Headline |
| 99 | 27.03.2026 | London | Elephant's Head | With Folly Group |
| 98 | 06.02.2026 | Nottingham | Rock City | With Miles Kane, VILLANELLE |
| 97 | 01.02.2026 | London | Sebright Arms | Headline with Curser, Auntie |
| 96 | 31.01.2026 | Brighton | Rossi Bar | Headline with Contrail, Maidin |
| 95 | 30.01.2026 | Bristol | The Croft | Headline with Paper Crowns, Neverlove |
| 94 | 29.01.2026 | Southampton | Heartbreakers | Headline with Bailey Berrill, Irreversible |
| 93 | 10.10.2025 | London | The Old Blue Last | Headline with Mleko |
| 92 | 05.10.2025 | Nottingham | Rescue Rooms | With Mass of the Fermenting Dregs |
| 91 | 01.10.2025 | Reading | The Purple Turtle | With Oyama, Kiosk |
| 90 | 04.08.2025 | London | The Shacklewell Arms | Headline with That Fog, Frownland2007 |
| 89 | 27.07.2025 | Twickenham | Eel Pie Records | With (High Tide Festival) |
| 88 | 18.06.2025 | London | The Windmill | Headline with The Scuttlers, Charlemagne, Shut Up Charlie! |
| 87 | 04.05.2025 | Southampton | Heartbreakers | With (Wanderlust Festival) |
| 86 | 02.05.2025 | Brighton | DUST | With Billy. E. Marsh, Bones Ate Arfa, Divorce Attorney, Flip Top Head, M. Woodroe |
| 85 | 16.04.2025 | London | The Victoria | Headline with Body Orchestra, Saint Mega, Lifeloose, Mother of Three |
| 84 | 16.04.2025 | London | The Victoria | Headline with Kitchen Lover, Paper Hats, More Money |
| 83 | 12.04.2025 | Bristol | To The Moon | With (Outer Town Festival) |
| 82 | 04.04.2025 | London | The Windmill | Headline with Civil Partnership, Babydoll Deadbeat, Jas Eade |
| 81 | 28.03.2025 | London | MOTH Club | With The Stingrays |
| 80 | 13.03.2025 | London | The Lexington | With Keg , Known For |
| 79 | 23.02.2025 | London | The George Tavern | Headline with Fatberg, Divorce Attorney, Mountain Peaks |
| 78 | 20.02.2025 | London | Dash The Henge | Headline |
| 77 | 01.02.2025 | London | MOTH Club | With Blue Bendy, Web |
| 76 | 27.01.2025 | London | The Old Blue Last | Headline with Human Resources |
| 75 | 14.12.2024 | Nottingham | The Bodega | Headline with Martial Arts, Bram Bancroft |
| 74 | 13.12.2024 | London | Dream Bags Jaguar Shoes | Headline with Hyperfish, Omjine |
| 73 | 24.11.2024 | London | LVLS | With Wych Elm |
| 72 | 07.11.2024 | London | The Old Blue Last | With Shtepi, Nagasaki Swim, Bowl |
| 71 | 06.10.2024 | Nottingham | Rescue Rooms | With Feet, L'objectif |
| 70 | 26.09.2024 | Sheffield | Hallamshire Hotel | Headline with Fruit |
| 69 | 23.09.2024 | Nottingham | JT Soar | Headline with Flip Top Head, Sailor Spartan |
| 68 | 22.09.2024 | Brighton | Hope & Ruin | Headline with Wall Frog |
| 67 | 20.09.2024 | London | The Shacklewell Arms | Headline with Kipper Gillespie, Speedial |
| 66 | 06.07.2024 | Nottingham | Canalhouse Bar | With (Waterfront Festival) |
| 65 | 29.05.2024 | London | Rough Trade East | With The Empty Threats, Platonic Sex |
| 64 | 26.05.2024 | Nottingham | Rock City Beta | With (Dot to Dot Festival) |
| 63 | 08.05.2024 | London | Brixton Hootananny | With Keg, Pozi |
| 62 | 20.04.2024 | Nottingham | Rough Trade | With (Record Store Day) |
| 61 | 17.04.2024 | London | The Windmill | Headline with LIPWORMS, small copper |
| 60 | 03.04.2024 | Leeds | Hyde Park Book Club | With Body Orchestra, Turnspit |
| 59 | 14.03.2024 | London | The Social | With Moreish Idols, Blackaby |
| 58 | 08.03.2024 | Sheffield | Yellow Arch | With Cowboyy, Scab, Hard as Nails |
| 57 | 06.03.2024 | Nottingham | Rescue Rooms | With The Blinders, Alien Chicks |
| 56 | 27.02.2024 | Nottingham | Rough Trade | With Tramhaus |
| 55 | 20.02.2024 | Nottingham | Chameleon | With Terra Twin, The Rain Age |
| 54 | 02.02.2024 | Manchester | Big Hands | Headline with Shaking Hand |
| 53 | 01.02.2024 | Paris | Supersonic | Headline with Jean Pierre Fromage, Knives |
| 52 | 28.01.2024 | Nottingham | The Bodega | With (Beat the Streets) |
| 51 | 17.01.2024 | London | Sebright Arms | Headline with Flytrap, Speedial |
| 50 | 07.12.2023 | Nottingham | The Bodega | With Opus Kink |
| 49 | 22.11.2023 | Manchester | Band on the Wall | Headline with Yaswadah, Fruit |
| 48 | 21.11.2023 | Nottingham | Chameleon | Headline with Haal, Sex Toy Vending Machine |
| 47 | 04.11.2023 | Manchester | Fuel | With Holly Head, Truthpaste |
| 46 | 03.11.2023 | Nottingham | The Bodega | With Fat Dog |
| 45 | 29.10.2023 | Nottingham | Chameleon | With (Karma Weekender) |
| 44 | 21.10.2023 | Rotterdam | Baanhof | With (Left of the Dial) |
| 43 | 21.10.2023 | Rotterdam | B10 Boat | With (Left of the Dial) |
| 42 | 20.10.2023 | Rotterdam | Perron | With (Left of the Dial) |
| 41 | 13.10.2023 | London | The Windmill | With Man/Woman/Chainsaw , Denh Izen, Flytrap |
| 40 | 05.10.2023 | Manchester | Night & Day Cafe | With The Strangerz, Cinder, The Empty Page |
| 39 | 27.09.2023 | Nottingham | Chameleon | With Pyncher, Bloodworm |
| 38 | 22.09.2023 | Paris | Supersonic | With Michigander, Structure Moderne |
| 37 | 20.09.2023 | Sheffield | The Washington | With Flip Top Head, Bonk |
| 36 | 30.08.2023 | London | The Windmill | With Personal Trainer , Gladboy, The Itch |
| 35 | 24.07.2023 | London | The Windmill | With Arch Femmesis, Fari, Shipzy |
| 34 | 15.06.2023 | Sheffield | Sidney & Matilda | With Pyncher, Richard Carlson Band, The Cutter |
| 33 | 28.05.2023 | Nottingham | Percy Picklebackers | With (Dot to Dot Festival) |
| 32 | 19.05.2023 | Paris | La Seine Cafe | With (Supersonic's Block Party Festival) |
| 31 | 13.04.2023 | Sheffield | The Washington | Headline with Marvins Revenge, Out Ink |
| 30 | 09.04.2023 | Hull | The New Adelphi Club | With Opus Kink, Femur, The People Assembly, Bloodworm, Ketamine Kow, Evil Litter |
| 29 | 07.04.2023 | London | The Shacklewell Arms | With Bingo Fury, Quade, The Itch, Kaeto, Lorcan, Dog Food |
| 28 | 24.03.2023 | Nottingham | The Bodega | Headline with Gallus, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Dura Mater |
| 27 | 03.02.2023 | London | The George Tavern | With Butch Kassidy, Hot Face, Haal |
| 26 | 27.01.2023 | Manchester | Fuel | With Bloodworm, Horse Mouth, Plaster |
| 25 | 14.01.2023 | Manchester | Fuel | With Diekaidie, Zoen, Worm School |
| 24 | 30.11.2022 | Sheffield | The Washington | Headline with Ye Woodbeast, Brad Tantrum |
| 23 | 26.11.2022 | Nottingham | Rough Trade | With Skitz Wizards, Bloodworm, Unified Roots |
| 22 | 25.11.2022 | Leicester | The Big Difference | With Bloodworm, The People Assembly |
| 21 | 17.11.2022 | Sheffield | The Washington | With Tinned Meats, Out Ink |
| 20 | 22.10.2022 | Sheffield | Hatch | With Yo Dynamo, Kulk |
| 19 | 20.10.2022 | Loughborough | Project | With (Music Society Event) |
| 18 | 22.09.2022 | Sheffield | The Washington | With Household Dogs |
| 17 | 10.09.2022 | Nottingham | Chameleon | With Blackwaters, LA Sunday |
| 16 | 08.09.2022 | Nottingham | The Golden Fleece | Headline with Earls, Paste |
| 15 | 04.09.2022 | Leicester | O2 Academy | With (Wide Eyed Festival) |
| 14 | 28.08.2022 | Loughborough | The Phantom | With (Music Society Event) |
| 13 | 27.08.2022 | Nottingham | Old Bus Depot | With Stuart Pearce, Pretty Windows |
| 12 | 26.08.2022 | Leicester | The Big Difference | With The People Assembly, The Societies |
| 11 | 20.08.2022 | Leicester | Soundhouse | With Rosaire, Dreamcage, Hazed |
| 10 | 16.08.2022 | Nottingham | Percy Picklebackers | With Bloodworm, Shrinks |
| 9 | 16.07.2022 | Leicester | The Musician | With Hex Poseur, Roo Stafford |
| 8 | 17.06.2022 | Nottingham | The Bodega | With Death Valley Girls |
| 7 | 11.06.2022 | Nottingham | The Chapel | With Youth Killed It, Cusp |
| 6 | 10.06.2022 | Nottingham | The Chapel | Headline with The People Assembly, Bloodworm |
| 5 | 29.05.2022 | Nottingham | Spankies | With (Dot to Dot Festival) |
| 4 | 13.05.2022 | Nottingham | The Bodega | With Ritual Howls |
| 3 | 19.03.2022 | Nottingham | The Bodega | With Enola Gay , Yabba |
| 2 | 24.02.2022 | Loughborough | Project | With (Music Society Event) |
| 1 | 27.01.2022 | Manchester | 33 Oldham Street | With Madame Claude, The Recreation, The Establishment |