Rianne Downey The Consequence Of Love
Tracks: Good In Goodbye, The Song of Old Glencoe, The Consequence Of Love, Lost In Blue, Angel, Sunblind, Because, Nothing Better, Blue Eyes Burnin', Heart of Mine

Label: Run On Records

From the bouncy opening of Good In Goodbye, Rianne Downey makes it clear: she’s not just singing songs, she’s painting emotional landscapes. Her voice — alternately delicate and full-throated — carries both intimacy and ambition. In moments of restraint she’s wholly gripping; when she soars, it’s effortless and true.

Lyrically, The Consequence of Love is quietly fierce. Downey writes with the kind of emotional intelligence you don’t often hear in a debut. Whether she’s navigating heartbreak, acceptance, regret or hope, her phrasing lands like a memory: clear, sharp, unresolved. The songs feel lived in. The images — fading leaves, twilight colours, the pause before something ends — linger.

Having really allowed herself to fully grow as an artist before releasing her debut album, the live response to her sound has helped shape her work into an album that plays to the versatility of her vocals and the musical marriage of old-school folk and pop leanings. The formula is a winner from the outset.

This is the kind of record that suggests Rianne isn’t simply breaking out; she’s breaking through. She has all the makings of the UK’s next major musical export: the voice, the songs, and the emotional truth. And Paul Heaton’s past instincts in championing strong female vocalists are vindicated here: Downey is no exception to his knack for spotting real talent.

The Consequence of Love is a graceful, assured debut. It doesn’t rush to impress — it invites you into its space. It leaves you believing that, very soon, everyone else will be listening, too.