“New album Saturn is a cathartic rebirth for Nao”
“Nao had massive boots to fill after a debut as successful as ‘For All We Know’ – and she has done just that. With the new album, ‘Saturn’, she utilises twisted and imaginative flow and refreshing production to mesmerise the listener, placing us under her spell. Nao has one mission here: to make your nod your head and bop about as feel-good oozes out of your speakers. She effortlessly fuses togeth”
“Saturn's return looms over NAO's second album, an astrological phenomenon occurring in one's late 20s, when a monumental shift occurs. On Saturn, the London-based singer-songwriter delves into the difficulty and ecstasy of reasserting one's identity, pushing her sound into new realms. "Make It Out Alive," a moody, beat driven duet with SiR appears to set the tone of the album — but don't be fooled”
“On her second album, the London singer-songwriter examines personal growth, romantic upheaval, and the trials of young adulthood through an astrological lens.”
“Anybody intimately acquainted with Nao’s first record will no doubt have certain expectations for the follow-up. What they probably won’t expect, on the basis of ‘For All We Know’’s sultry, laidback R&B-cum-soul, is that anybody might end up describing the Londoner’s second LP as a jarring listen. Repeat listens, though, reveal ‘Saturn’ to be exactly that – initial run-throughs of its thirteen tra”