Over its eight tracks, HELLSCAPE SUBURBIA marks ElyOtto’s progress, both as an artist and as a high school student ready to escape the drudgery of suburbia, ready to embrace the next chapter of his life. The cover art pictures ElyOtto’s pet spider Shelob, named after The Lord Of The Rings character, which captures his adulation for the frighteningly fantastical. The record is part reflection and part fantasy on what could be. The project’s name draws from ElyOtto’s dissatisfaction about cookie cutter suburbs and the hellscape that is generic repetition. It’s an in-on-the-joke slice of hyperpop perfection that signals ElyOtto’s raw talent now ready to be revealed in full with his debut EP, HELLSCAPE SUBURBIA. From that period, his viral hit “SugarCrash!” was born, a song that now counts over 237 million Spotify streams and a remix featuring Kim Petras and Curtis Waters. When he was laid off from Petland mid-pandemic, he used the opportunity (and frustration) to create, create, create. The Calgary native and former part-time pet store employee has always been able to find the silver lining.
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