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Rumer's debut album Seasons of My Soul was released on 1 November 2010, produced by her mentor, British composer Steve Brown. [21] Her debut single, "Slow", was featured on Smooth FM, and the single "Aretha" on BBC Radio 2's Record of the Week feature, and she is signed to Atlantic Records. Seasons of My Soul, peaked on the UK Charts at #3, [22] was listed at #26 in the Official Top 40 Biggest Debut Albums of the Decade in 2019, [7] and was certified platinum in 2013 having sold over one million copies. [6] She supported Jools Holland on his UK tour in the Autumn of 2010 which included a performance at the Albert Hall in London. [23]
Rumer to release new album 'Boys Don't Cry' on 28 May". Partisan PR. 21 May 2012 . Retrieved 17 January 2020. Slow" was the first single released from the album, it featured on Smooth FM, and on BBC Radio 2 as a record of the week. It peaked to #16 on the UK Singles Chart and #33 on the Irish Singles Chart.In an Interview with Robert Copsey of Digital Spy she explained why the album was called "Seasons of My Soul", she said: "Mainly because it took me so long to make the album that I noticed that the songs were coming round again. I'd have these moods in my soul that would come around like seasons over the years and the songs matched the moods. It was like an emotional landscape. There are different shades, different feels and different colours to the album. Some people have been saying that 'Slow' is an autumnal song and so is 'Aretha' in a way." [2] Offiziellecharts.de – Rumer – Seasons of My Soul" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 May 2021. Despite his co-write on Aretha, Steve Brown echoes Ennis's words. "I added some chords to it, but that was it. She offered me publishing on the song. I refused twice before finally relenting." Brown's role in Rumer's story is well-documented elsewhere. He has spent decades composing music for several comedy shows, including Steve Coogan's Knowing Me Knowing You. It was Brown's serendipitous encounter with Rumer at an open-mic night that led to Seasons of My Soul. Between shifts working as a concierge at the newly opened Apple Store, Rumer would be allowed to use his studio. Brown became her de facto producer. Nominated for the MOJO Award for Best Breakthrough Act, Best Album with "Seasons of my Soul" and Song of the Year with "Slow" [48]
A few days later, Rumer found herself at another funeral – a friend of the family – and found she simply "couldn't get home". Months before her death, her mother had attended a gathering in Dorset run by a Benedictine monk who had started a Hindu-Christian ashram in India. For reasons she didn't entirely understand, Rumer boarded a train to the country pile where her mother had been – a commune owned by a "charismatic, philanthropic baronet" – and simply stayed until she felt well enough to leave. Rumer scores two BRIT nominations". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011 . Retrieved 5 February 2011. And after she found out who her father was? What happened then? Very little, which, for Rumer, added to her burden. "If you told a child that information, would you pretend it never happened?" Did she find out why her mother chose not to mention it again? "I think she was so freaked out and embarrassed. She thought she'd get it out. Just dumped it on me." And because her mother felt ashamed, it didn't occur to Rumer to feel anything other than ashamed. Three years elapsed before she told her siblings. In that time, she decided: "The world was not a safe place to live in, that adults were not to be trusted. I became a control freak."Rumer's second album Boys Don't Cry was released on 28 May 2012. It contains a selection of songs by male artists and writers from the 70s and 80s period. Covers of songs by artists such as Todd Rundgren, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Neil Young and Terry Reid were chosen to mirror the solace and anguish Rumer experienced since achieving success and fame (BBC Music review). [31] The majority of Boys Don't Cry was recorded at the same time as, or before Seasons of My Soul, but two weeks before the deadline Rumer and Steve Brown irreparably fell out. Rumer sought urgent help to finish the record and enlisted family friend Jennie Muskett, a notable film and TV composer to step in and help realise her vision in Steve's absence. A lot of the music had to be re-recorded at RAK Studios with John Paraceli on guitar, Ian Thomas and Steve Pierce on drums and Dave Hartley on piano. Rumer, the seventh of eight children, was born in 1979 in Tarbela Dam, Pakistan. Rumer's family lived there from 1977 to 1984 while her British father was contracted as Chief Engineer of the Tarbela Dam Project. [13] Rumer – born in Pakistan but introduced to folk (and, presumably, soul) music when her family moved to Hampshire – is a great voice who’s done things the old-fashioned way. Shunning the bright lights of prime-time exposure (believe me, she could win any such show), she developed her songs over a lengthy period of time, working menial jobs to make ends meet. Now, deservedly, her breakthrough has come. More improbably, her producer here is Steve Brown, who appeared on the Alan Partridge-helmed Knowing Me Knowing You series. Brown’s an award-winning composer, though, and his touch guides several of these songs to a finished state where graceful melodies barely mask emotions far weightier than those typically associated with pop newcomers. Rumer – 'Slow' – Music Video". YouTube. 28 July 2010. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 . Retrieved 15 July 2012. Rumer released her fifth studio album, and her third album of covers, Nashville Tears (The Songs of Hugh Prestwood), on 14 August 2020. The album, which originally was scheduled for a May 2020 release, was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [38] Nashville Tears includes covers of songs from singer-songwriter Hugh Prestwood. "Creating this album was the beginning of a joyful time in my life," Rumer explained about the record. "I was listening to Hugh Prestwood's catalog all day and doing the dishes and walking the dog and taking care of my baby. It was a wonderful time....with this record, through Hugh Prestwood's words, I wanted to create a piece of work that would, to me be like a tapestry of America how I felt it and saw it, and I feel like I did just that." [39] Television and radio appearances [ edit ]
The Lebara Mobile UK Asian Music Awards 2011... and the nominees are..." ethnicnow.com. 2 February 2011 . Retrieved 13 March 2011. Rumer briefly attended the drama course at Dartington College of Arts, in Devon before dropping out, moving to London at 18 and getting a job as a waitress. [ citation needed] Musical career [ edit ] 2001–2010: La Honda and Stereo Venus [ edit ] Rumer in 2010 On 15 August 2012, Rumer appeared on episode #57 of Daryl Hall's webcast 'Live From Daryl's House' where they performed 'Sara Smile' together as well as other songs including 'Take Me As I Am' and 'I Can't Go For That'.
a b Killian Fox (29 August 2010). "Rumer: 'If Burt Bacharach says you're good, it's time to start believing in yourself' ". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 29 August 2010. MOJO Awards 2011 Best Breakthrough Act". MOJO Magazine. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011.