New Music: Why-Axis – Raincoat

Irish rapper and musician Why-Axis isn’t resting on his laurels following his Moody F*ck album’s success. The new single Raincoat shows his deft, deconstructed take on rap is still a winning sound.

The Dublin singer gets into a substantial, sensual groove right from the opening of Raincoat. Think funk, think Prince or Blood Orange, though with a hint of cloud rap in the dreamy tones of the arrangement. Why-Axis pushes that in a pop direction but skews his lyrics and beats away from a commercial sound, making Raincoat an intriguing and essential listen.

He says about the song, “So the track was produced fully by myself and same as the vocals, the main idea of the track is really just escaping from things that are going on in my life and myself venting about it and getting thoughts off of my mind while doing it over a fun and bouncy instrumental. I have so many songs there that I wasn’t sure which to go for with the first single, but I feel that a fun track would be more suitable to start 2021 off with.”

Head over to his Instagram and Facebook feeds for news on Why-Axis and Raincoat. You can hear more Why-Axis’ music on Spotify and Apple Music. You can also download his back catalogue on Bandcamp.