FRUITY

Arriving on the Belfast scene like a bucket of pink paint into white, Dan O’Rawe, aka F.R.U.I.T.Y. brings a chameleonic, singular blend of woozy, lo-fi electronica, hip-hop and experimental pop, underscored by the ingrained localised perspective of a queer person in Northern Ireland.

Following a darkwave, wonk-pop cover of ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’ and debut single ‘Not Quite Exceptional’, new single ‘U.P.S.’ is the first single taken from F.R.U.I.T.Y.’s self-titled debut EP - out 5th August. It sees Tobacco & Eels-esque hazy, kaleidoscopic synth textures frame off-kilter, identity-exploring pop in the vein of Ezra Furman, Jazmin Bean & easy life. All of this is underscored by O’Rawe’s trademark conversational, deadpan vocal in his native accent, which equally channel the self-coined language of early Beck, and offer fragments of insight into his internal & external environs in the way Kojaque and Slowthai have done with theirs.