For her third album, the first on the Ninja Tune label, the British singer has produced her most coherent record, giving pride of place to guitars and sophisticated textures.
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Blocked horizons, uncertain loves on the menu of this album produced with the help of his accomplice Will Archer. Photo Molly Daniel
Published on September 14, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.
Pop? Soul? Post-punk? Nilüfer Yanya, Turkish on her father’s side, Barbadian and Irish on her mother’s side, has long refused to choose. On her first two albums, the Londoner mixed genres, without ever falling into a catch-all, saved by a strong identity and an irresistible raspy voice.
Having recently arrived on the prestigious Ninja Tune label, better known for its electro productions, she paradoxically signs today her most coherent album, not yet quite rock but getting closer to the Strokes or PJ Harvey who rocked her childhood. On the almost grungy Like I Say (I Runaway) and Method Actor, the distorted guitars hold
