A while back, VanRamblings introduced you to Rumer, the British jazz artist / Anglo-Pakistani soul singer / songwriter who’s been tearing up the charts in the the U.K., and seems ready now to break to acclaim stateside.
With her early 60s Burt Bacharach-influenced sound, Rumer doesn’t trade in the rough neo-soul sounds of an Amy Winehouse, rather she offers a more pleasing soundscape, an almost nostalgic, often pensive and always seductive foray into Karen Carpenter territory, full of graceful melodies and dream-pop lyricism, elegant and piercingly evocative at the same time.
As VanRamblings continues to explore the ‘new’ music of our age — with an emphasis on soulful female vocalists — today we present Rumer’s début album, Seasons of My Soul, available for download through iTunes, or as an import through HMV, or your favourite local record store.
