The promotional demands made upon Rumer by her top-five debut album, Seasons of My Soul, caused Britain’s Karen Carpenter soundalike to fall ill with post-traumatic stress disorder. Into Colour, according to press reports, is the sound of Rumer tackling the fallout, though the sterile songs rarely indicate as much. Dangerous, the set’s first single, channels Salsoul-era disco but elsewhere the mood is flat and the tunes forgettable, Rumer’s muted voice lacking the mystique of the 70s folk artists she reveres.
• This article was amended on 18 December 2014 to remove an inaccuracy.
