Post-punk from Ruiz!

Sheffield-based multi-instrumentalist and singer Hugh Ruiz Robert started out as the bass player in a band called The Only Fruit when he first arrived in the city as a student. After a two year stint, he joined A.F.I.D. and toured the UK before featuring in a whole host of other outfits over the years, creating an expansive catalogue of music and receiving national attention and extensive radio support.

Now operating as a solo artist, he takes full control of his artistic work to deliver his sonic vision as Ruiz!. In his home studio in Sheffield, Ruiz! writes, records, sings and plays all instruments to create his own distinct sound that blends elements of rock, punk and synthwave.

Starting out during the lockdowns in 2020, he shared his debut single “Morning” that year and has since dropped a string of stellar singles as well as his first full-length record with Mind Games last year. Now he brings us his latest work with his new single, the protest song titled “One Rule”, released via Only Fruit Recordings.

Laying down a crunchy sound of post-punk mixed with electronica and wrapped up in the trademark Ruiz! psychedelic rock style, with “One Rule” the artist delivers an angsty sonic outcry in just over two and a half minutes. Taking aim at the double standards and corruption in the UK political sphere and beyond, he challenges the ‘one rule for them, another rule for us’ situation that’s come to the forefront of people’s minds via an engaging and memorable song.

Commenting on the single, he shares, “It’s a song inspired by Borris’ behaviour during lockdown, the parties at Number 10, the holidays, the lies etc, but also with my Catalan blood and the troubles caused by lack of freedom historically and presently in the world, it’s a A middle finger to narcissists, corrupt leaders and governments. At the end of our days on planet earth, we are left with only our souls. If yours could be recycled, would it be worth anything?”

Listen to One Rule below

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