Ohtis

A project led by singer Sam Swinson, Ohtis went through several hardships and hiatuses between forming near the turn of the millennium and releasing its first official album, Curve of Earth, in 2019. The record combined the group's homespun alternative country-rock with the autobiographical storytelling of Swinson. Swinson formed Ohtis with schoolmate Adam Pressley when they were both high school sophomores in Normal, Illinois. Largely a D.I.Y. effort, they played shows around town with a revolving group of local backing musicians and released their first music as small-bat...