United Fruit
UNITED FRUIT have exploded onto the mainstream of Scotland’s alternative music scene with their debut album ‘Fault Lines’. Having graced the cover of The Skinny Magazine, completed a Radio 1 Live Session with Ally McCrae, a BBC Radio Scotland session with Vic Galloway and playing last year’s T in the Park, they are now one of the most talked about bands in the country. Most recently they have gained fans in Radio 1 Rock Show’s pioneer Daniel P. Carter, Bloc Party, Chvrches and many more.
Their debut album ‘Fault Lines’ also placed on numerous ‘best of’ lists including The Skinny’s Top 20.
Their ferocious live performances have wowed many and United Fruit have already completed 2 very successful UK tours in 2011 including their first French tour which went off with a bang! Having supported the likes of And So I Watch You From Afar, Dananananakroyd, Mojo Fury, Maps & Atlases, Monotonix, DeSalvo and Sleighbells, they have proved they can match if not exceed these great bands in terms of live performance. Late 2012 saw the band support Twin Atlantic at a sold out show at Glasgow’s Barrowlands.
CRITICAL PRAISE:
‘Fault Lines is an record of twists and turns at breakneck speed and dangerous volume, there will be few albums as invigorating as this in 2011’ (Drowned in Sound)
‘Fault Lines plays like a broader attack on the senses – touched by the kind of dynamism that marked out Trail of Dead’s Source Tags & Codes as an adrenaline shot to the heart of a dying genre’ (The Skinny)
‘Fault Lines portrays a strong, raw style that they’ve certainly made their own, with intriguing opening track: ‘Kamikaze’ showing off the harsh sounds and husky vocals that are certainly apparent throughout the whole album, it’s just an example of the other 8 positively rough sounding tracks that are set to impress’ (Alter The Press)
‘Fault Lines plays out, at times, like an album that …Trail of Dead never got around to making, a lost set of recordings from the period between Madonna and the Texan outfit’s near-decade-old masterpiece, Source Tags & Codes. The Scots aren’t afraid to wear such a bold influence on their collective sleeve, and during the frenetic Go Away Don’t Leave Me Alone there’s real magic and menace in the air’ (Mike Diver, BBC)
‘If you like hard-hitting, electrifying rock music, Glaswegian outfit United Fruit should probably be in your life’ (Sound Revolution)
‘Kamikaze races out of the blocks and goes straight for the jugular with a barrage of guitars that’s as unhinged as the Japanese pilots that etched their word for ‘divine wind’ into wider consciousness’ (The Tidal Wave of Indifference – Album of the Week)
‘Wrecking Ball is the record’s closing track and it’s arguably the standout, but acts as a good indication of what the album’s about – it doesn’t pull any punches, and that’s what makes it all the more exciting’ (Music Fans Mic)
‘I’ve seen them live. They are outstanding, really tight, really in your face. If you like Jesus Lizard, Shellac, maybe even at the Drive-in then you’ll love these guys. Go and see them live and get the EP Mistress, Reptile Mistress!’
(Vic Galloway, BBC Radio Scotland)
‘Taking notes from the rawness and haunting melody of grunge era noisemakers such as Sonic Youth, Pixies, and Shellac to name a few, Glasgow four-piece, United Fruit, are currently doing the rounds on the city’s underground scene and making a lasting impression as well as one hell of a noise […] barely a year in, the bands’ momentum seems only to be picking up’
(The List)
