![]() Angels, with its muted, harmonic riffs, channels ideas “of paranoid thoughts and anxiety” – a theme that runs through the album, not least in its conceptual spoken word interludes which emanate from a fictional health management company WWAY HEALT H TM. Though she recorded much of it in the same remote Cornwall studio she used to jam in as a much younger person, it is bigger and more ambitious than anything she has done before. ![]() Now, Nilüfer releases her debut album, Miss Universe. She also supported the likes of The xx, Interpol, Broken Social Scene and Mitski on tour. She signed with independent New York label ATO, following three EPs on esteemed london indie label Blue Flowers, and earned a place on the BBC Sound of 2018 longlist. And it didn’t take long for it to catch people’s attention. Though she’s preternaturally shy, her music – which uniquely blends elements of soul and jazz into intimate pop songs with electronic flourishes and a newly expressed grungy guitar sound – isn’t. “ At 18, Nilüfer – who is of Turkish - Irish - Bajan heritage – uploaded a few demo s to SoundCloud. I would advise people to go and buy Miss Universe, as it is an extraordinary album from a true original: By the age of twelve, she graduated to the guitar. Yanya grew up in Chelsea, London listening to Turkish and Classical music playing at home. With her second album, Painless, due next year, it is a good moment to highlight her incredible debut. At great albums from the past few years, I wanted to spend some time with Nilüfer Yanya’s debut album, Miss Universe.
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