Cecil Otter is a compelling musician for the same reasons he’s good with ca… Read Full Bio ↴Cecil Otter is a compelling musician for the same reasons he’s good with cards. The technique runs on charm, patience, intuition, and precision.
Cecil is one of the founding members of Doomtree. As an emcee he’s admired for his lyric, cinematic style. He writes about love, vengeance, and redemption—and the spaces where the three convene. His narratives ride on his imagery: sepia flickers of loners, beauties, ghosts, and vagabonds.
As a producer, his sound is nostalgic. He features swooning guitar lines, masterful drums, vinyl crackle, and distant voices. The effect is melodic, often melancholic, and seems to draw on the sentiment of another, more romantic era.
Cecil’s fascination with rap music started when his big sister ran away from home. She left a box of rap cassettes beneath her bed, all intentionally mislabeled to prevent confiscation by her parents. Easy E with a Jon Bon Jovi sticker. N.W.A as Michael Bolton. At eight, Cecil memorized every word, intent on impressing her when she returned.
A few years later, Cecil learned to skate, went semi-pro and spent hours practicing with high school friends Stef (P.O.S.) and Johnny (Paper Tiger). Kai (MK Larada) made the occasional visit, often with a camera in hand. The same varied cast of characters began making music together—some rap, some punk, some rock—and by 2000 the name Doomtree surfaced.
Now, almost a decade later, Cecil has contributed to nearly a dozen releases in the Doomtree Records catalog. His most recent full-length, Rebel Yellow, was re-released by Sage Francis for Strange Famous Records. He's now recording his solo project, Porcelain Revolver.
Solo Projects
False Hopes 7
Rebel Yellow
http://www.doomtree.net/cecilotter/
Cecil is one of the founding members of Doomtree. As an emcee he’s admired for his lyric, cinematic style. He writes about love, vengeance, and redemption—and the spaces where the three convene. His narratives ride on his imagery: sepia flickers of loners, beauties, ghosts, and vagabonds.
As a producer, his sound is nostalgic. He features swooning guitar lines, masterful drums, vinyl crackle, and distant voices. The effect is melodic, often melancholic, and seems to draw on the sentiment of another, more romantic era.
Cecil’s fascination with rap music started when his big sister ran away from home. She left a box of rap cassettes beneath her bed, all intentionally mislabeled to prevent confiscation by her parents. Easy E with a Jon Bon Jovi sticker. N.W.A as Michael Bolton. At eight, Cecil memorized every word, intent on impressing her when she returned.
A few years later, Cecil learned to skate, went semi-pro and spent hours practicing with high school friends Stef (P.O.S.) and Johnny (Paper Tiger). Kai (MK Larada) made the occasional visit, often with a camera in hand. The same varied cast of characters began making music together—some rap, some punk, some rock—and by 2000 the name Doomtree surfaced.
Now, almost a decade later, Cecil has contributed to nearly a dozen releases in the Doomtree Records catalog. His most recent full-length, Rebel Yellow, was re-released by Sage Francis for Strange Famous Records. He's now recording his solo project, Porcelain Revolver.
Solo Projects
False Hopes 7
Rebel Yellow
http://www.doomtree.net/cecilotter/
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Cecil Otter Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Cecil Otter:
1999 It Goes one, two now this gumshoe's coming for you three, …
Black Rose I hear "oohs!" and "ahhs!", when I jump out my…
Box Car Diaries Outside there's a boxcar waitin' for us It ain't in a…
Demon Girl I got an angel in one pocket, The others full of…
Le Facteur Do you feel like no-one needs you? Do you feel like…
Rebel Yellow I'm a loner dotty, they call me Rebel Yellow But they…
Sufficiently Breathless and that discussion was all true until you decided to bust…
Traveling Dunk Tank (Dream, dream, I like to dream) Both That's why I keep…
Traveling Dunktank (Dream, dream, I like to dream) Both That's why I keep m…
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Chuggflix and Chill
[Verse: Cecil Otter]
Just imagine the roads in the fall
The golden leaves falling on the mold on the logs
The hopes and the gods and the bombs
We set fire to the mold and beyond
And the dawn broke out like it spent a night in Alcatraz
We talking all night about second tries and Cadillacs
We grabbed the axe and buried it
We found shelter in the woods and found savage acts hilarious
The areas, the patience, the habits
Now seek shelter in the basements and the attics
Packets of rookie cards and looky-loo's galore
Crawled away from the moody blues and the war
We swore we'd never leave each other, never sleep again
Until a horde of lovers come to fortify the need in us
The deepest end of the pool, cheaters, sluts, ghouls
They'll feed you to the mutts and the fools
We weren't accustomed to the mistrust, we were just missing school
Missing the bus like we missed the mistrust
And it's a must, it's us and just us, and what's what
And it kills me to think it's all gone, it's just dust
In the window pane where my first kiss came through
In the middle of a full moon, fiddled with the wool plumes covering our eyes
It's like every new move is a surprise
Now we're stepping into every room with the prize
It's like a weapon that's abused for your pride
And the last place you want to hide
The rat race was on the side
[Bridge: Cecil Otter]
High on life, low on the totem pole
We ain't on strike
We're alive like a lie
That's been told to all ears
And we're holding all tears back in
And let the fears back in
[Hook] x4
Fall away from
Fall away from you
[Bridge: Cecil Otter]
[Hook] x4
Matt Cavy
Takes so much for me to get into music anymore. Thanks so much Cecil you have always came through for me
Allan Kuria
One of the best lyricists I've had the pleasure of listening to.
Ross
Such a nice surprise to find this song on an understated EP. Replay potential is insane and also unexpected as I have listened at least twice a week over the last 8 months and have only grown to appreciate all the more. Excellent production. Phenomenal artist.
Felipo
One of the most underrated songs of the decade
BlueWax
This was phenomenal! Absolutely beautiful
CptFoolKillah
Just found this... You have a talent that can't be taught, gotta keep getting these out there!
DIY Writes
Its so good to hear new Cecil Otter.
Chuggflix and Chill
[Verse: Cecil Otter]
Just imagine the roads in the fall
The golden leaves falling on the mold on the logs
The hopes and the gods and the bombs
We set fire to the mold and beyond
And the dawn broke out like it spent a night in Alcatraz
We talking all night about second tries and Cadillacs
We grabbed the axe and buried it
We found shelter in the woods and found savage acts hilarious
The areas, the patience, the habits
Now seek shelter in the basements and the attics
Packets of rookie cards and looky-loo's galore
Crawled away from the moody blues and the war
We swore we'd never leave each other, never sleep again
Until a horde of lovers come to fortify the need in us
The deepest end of the pool, cheaters, sluts, ghouls
They'll feed you to the mutts and the fools
We weren't accustomed to the mistrust, we were just missing school
Missing the bus like we missed the mistrust
And it's a must, it's us and just us, and what's what
And it kills me to think it's all gone, it's just dust
In the window pane where my first kiss came through
In the middle of a full moon, fiddled with the wool plumes covering our eyes
It's like every new move is a surprise
Now we're stepping into every room with the prize
It's like a weapon that's abused for your pride
And the last place you want to hide
The rat race was on the side
[Bridge: Cecil Otter]
High on life, low on the totem pole
We ain't on strike
We're alive like a lie
That's been told to all ears
And we're holding all tears back in
And let the fears back in
[Hook] x4
Fall away from
Fall away from you
[Bridge: Cecil Otter]
[Hook] x4
Jason Fisher
Looking forward to new Cecil Otter music!
hivedmind
it's pretty rare to find someone else named cecil! greetings from another cecil (also this song is lovely!)