East London-based singer Lu.Re makes her debut with the soulful single ‘Rains’. Lacing tender vocals atop jazzy garage meets broken beat instrumentation, the song was written, recorded and produced by Lu.Re herself. A nod to the early to mid-2000 period when groups like Jazzanova, 4Hero and more were fostering a cutting edge blend of nu-jazz, broken rhythms and high level soul, Lu.Re has definitely taken the torch and is running with grace.

Regarding ‘Rains’, Lu.Re mentioned:

“I started out improvising with a garage beat and some jazz piano chords, and built the rest up from there. I recorded all the instrumentals in my flat in East London. If you listened to the viola and backing vocals separately, you’d probably hear some Overground trains passing by. The lyrical idea came from my mum when I was at home for the weekend in Bedford. She was a bit teary-eyed and said something like, “it doesn’t rain in this house, it pours”. It was one of those affecting moments that sticks, and it felt natural writing about it – I had most of the lyrics down in an afternoon.”