''FYO'' (an acronym for ''Fuck Your Opinion'') is the debut

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(EP) by English

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Avelino. It was produced in its entirety by

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, and released for free download through

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, on 7 April 2016. The project was also released onto the iTunes Store on 11 April 2016, accompanied by two bonus tracks. It spawned one single; "Welcome to the Future", which premiered on 31 March 2016, a week before the rest of the project. The project has received considerable support from

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and

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; "Youniverse" has been played by

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, and the title track has been played by

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and Charlie Sloth. The project also topped Semtex's ''Mixtape Top 5'' chart, and "Welcome to the Future" and "Rich Soul" both received airplay on his 1Xtra show. Numerous songs from the project also received airplay on Manny Norte's

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show, and Mally's

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show. "FYO" was added to the Reprezent B-list playlist. "FYO" was released as the project's second single, with a video released to

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on 14 April 2016. The track's production was praised by Grant Brydon of '' RWD'' as being "beautifully jarring", and by ''

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'' as being "ribcage-quakingly bassy". Avelino told ''FACT'' that the video was "minimal ..in a sense of one location, one setting, one room", as this allows listeners to "focus on what

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really saying on the record."

Track listing

All tracks produced by

References

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