Into Colour
Rumer is back with ‘Into Colour,’ her second album of original material, as well as the release of the single “Reach Out.” This follows the debut ‘Seasons Of My Soul’, which won Rumer a Mojo Award, BRIT nominations, and support from the likes of Burt Bacharach, Elton John and Richard Carpenter.
‘Into Colour’ continues a personal journey which has already seen Rumer – born north of Islamabad in 1979 – go from a variety of service jobs and a decade on the unsigned circuit to one of the more surprising crossovers in recent times. Her first collection of new songs in four years, ‘Into Colour’ is the Rumer you first fell for, but in a mood you may have not heard her in previously. Musically, it’s more upbeat, sensual and hopeful, expanding the laid-back Bacharach sound to further incorporate elements of 70s Philly grooves (Thom Bell, Hall & Oates), Soul (Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye).
Recorded between the producer and Rumer’s home in Arkansas, New Jersey and London’s legendary RAK Studios, most of the rhythm section was performed live by members of Daryl Hall’s band whilst the album also includes three co-writes with ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ songwriter Stephen Bishop. And whilst there’s a more fevered, occasionally sensual tone throughout ‘Into Colour’ is by equal parts more outspoken, observational and frustrated. It’s ultimately a record about compassion, tracing the journey from where Rumer was – lonely, burnt out and lost – to where she is now: that some voice you fell for on breakthrough hit ‘Slow’ but cast, for the first time, ‘Into Colour’.
