Written by Shea Roney | Photo Courtesy of The Fruit Trees

Every Wednesday, the ugly hug shares a playlist personally curated by an artist/band that we have been enjoying. This week we have a collection of songs put together by LA-based songwriter Johnny Rafter of the project The Fruit Trees.

At the start of this week, The Fruit Trees shared their latest album titled Teeth. Although these tunes feel heavily worn in, The Fruit Trees, and Johnny’s writing as a whole, consistently builds upon the nature of both exposure and accessibility – a place to step in, step out and come back around much wiser in the end. Last Year, The Fruit Trees released An Opening, an album that captured a one-off “lightning in a bottle” session with friend and visual artist Hannah Ford-Monroe taking over the role as lead vocalist and lyricist for the first time ever. At their heart, The Fruit Trees grasp a type of curiosity that opens up the most minute details that make our day-to-days so magical – like a growing collection of bugs, gently caught and kept in a rinsed-out pickle jar, recentering our surroundings into a one-of-a-kind little world.

About the playlist, Johnny shared;

A mix of songs I’ve heard on the radio over the past few months. I’ve been enjoying putting my faith in DJs and the experience of songs taking me by surprise after years of streaming abuse. So buckle up, open your mind and join me on a trip through the airwaves! Thank you to the good people at KXLU, KALX, KCSB, KCHUNG, WNYU and WFMU to name a few!

Listen to his playlist here!

You can listen to Teeth out now as well as the rest of the catalog from The Fruit Trees. You can also purchase Teeth on vinyl via Flower Sounds.