Album Review: Rumer - Into Colour

Her label really missed an opportunity releasing this two days after Valentine’s Day.

Sarah Joyce’s vocals are as Karen Carpenter-smooth-and-caressing as ever. You certainly wouldn’t know she’d had a breakdown and, surprisingly, been diagnosed as bipolar, ADHD and suffering post-traumatic stress. The “angriest” line on the album, “’Cause people can stab you in the back,” in You Don’t Know People, is delivered as wistfully as a soft sunshower. Into Colour is pure silk, as comfortable as a slow dance at midnight with your lover. Burt Bacharach knew what he’d discovered in Rumer – pure honey for the ears.