The Storm is the debut EP for Scottish dark pop artist Dylan Fraser, which dropped October 23rd along with its title track single via East West Records UK/Atlantic/WMG.

Born and raised near Edinburgh in the ancient West Lothian town of Bathgate, the eighteen-year-old singer-songwriter has already mastered the crafting of effectively pungent, moody pieces. “The Storm” is the fourth extracted track from the EP (which follows previous releases “Vipers,” “Face Tattoo,” and “I Do These Things for Me” that began arriving in August), adeptly showcasing Fraser’s meditative vocal as it meshes with thumping percussion and bristly synths.

“I like to think of The Storm as my headspace,” Fraser says of the EP’s title and saturnine atmosphere in a recent press release from his label. “It’s full of crazy ups and downs, and this is me trying to piece it all together and make sense of the world.”

Nodding to influences like Jamie xx, Phoebe Bridgers, Brockhampton, and Orion Sun, The Storm’s track list has already generated plenty of buzz. “Vipers,” Fraser’s first-ever single, was recently announced as a key track within the EA Sports FIFA 21 video game soundtrack, adjacent to heavyweight artists like Dua Lipa, Diplo, Tame Impala, and Disclosure. Fraser was also recently named to BBC Radio 1’s “Next Wave Artists” list, with “Vipers” selected as its “Track of the Week.”

Atlantic/WMG will also be releasing a zine to support The Storm, conceived by Fraser with New York Times/Vogue/i-D editor Douglas Greenwood, and featuring images shot near his hometown by renowned Scottish photographer Trackie McLeod.

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