When it comes to indie music, wearing your influences on your sleeve can frequently verge on glorified cover band terrain. Not so with singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Nilüfer Yanya, who takes her inspirations – Foo Fighters, Radiohead, The Pixies, etc. – and morphs them into a sound that is very much her own.

Yanya’s second album, Painless, resumes her artistic journey seamlessly from where her debut record left it. Throughout, she is lead by her low-slung and captivating voice, which simultaneously manages to be hushed and powerful at the same time. Thanks to Yanya, alongside artists like Aziya, Arlo Parks, Beabadoobee, and Biig Piig, the future’s is blazing very bright for UK indie, courtesy of the next generation of female artists who are resoundingly carrying its torch.

More on the extremely brilliant Aziya to follow later this month, too... 👀

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