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A product of Lithuania's underground jazz and folk scenes who’s also dabbled with experimental poetry, Uma has previously been spotted working with Sam Gendel, though this is her solo debut, proper. It’s a gorgeous, fully memorable debut too, with Uma’s slurred vocal landing with such quiet force it takes a minute to fathom what you’re actually listening to. 'Rage Love Strange Love’ recalls vintage Andy Stott and New York's fertile Downtown scene in the post-no wave years - a melted gloop of nascent electro elements and fading Billie Holiday vapours. When the drums fall away to fully expose Uma’s vocal on the track’s second part, she curves around faintest piano flourishes as if to highlight the sheer weirdness of her voice - it’s so distinct you’d be forgiven for thinking it wasn’t quite real. "My love is running from being rational," Uma's dictaphone-damaged voice opens on the flip. Her multi-tracked, cooing harmonies take over, playing across looped bass and haunted upright piano designed to accent her dulcet tones. Noir-esque but not remotely referential, she blurs lines between experimental poetry and jazzier inclinations, perpetually scrubbing between moods without losing momentum. The songs are fine, beautifully crafted things, but that voice - truly one for the ages. It's a movie scene, it's real life. 

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