8.0
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“There’s something mildly frustrating about this. Indie queen Rachel Chinouriri first emerged in 2018 as a SoundCloud starlet with So My Darling, a tender hymn to an everlasting friendship. The Londoner went viral in 2022 with maddeningly catchy All I Ever Asked, finding cheerleaders such as Sophie Turner, Adele and Lewis Capaldi. Is it strange to have those old songs reappear here? A little. It su”
“What A Devastating Turn of Events is Rachel Chinouriri’s maximalist pop debut”
“When Rachel Chinouriri first teased her debut LP last September, she made a statement that outlined her emotional state at the time. “This is so scary, but so exciting… What do you call this feeling?,” she wrote, presumably provoked by the six year-long journey to ‘What A Devastating Turn Of Events’. Its 14 songs reflect what it means to rebuild yourself from scratch: here is an artist who has enc”
“Recasting Y2K British alt-pop for a new generation, the South London singer-songwriter’s debut tackles heartbreak and loss with humor and conviction.”
