The ‘Scarlet Lamb’ EP exists sonically within pinku’s electronic sound palette, whilst simultaneously breaking new ground with its lush melodies, ASMR-evoking details and pop sensibility. There is a host of gothic imagery involved too, with Jane Eyre, Dracula and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein cited as particular lyrical touchpoints. That fascination connects back to yunè’s love of gothic fables and to her Catholic schooling, as well as the current societal pertinence of ideas of responsibility and culpability, all of which makes ‘Scarlet Lamb’ her most immersive project yet.
“Scarlet Lamb is an exploratory project of innocence and guilt through a subversion of the Sacrificial Lamb fable. Most of the songs are led by some sort of grapple with senses of shame, or ecstasy. It’s a change, sonically, for me, leaning more into trip-hop and alternative electronic spaces and definitely takes a lot of inspiration from my own recent music-taste.” yunè pinku
Listeners were initially introduced to the EP with the airy and luscious single “Believe”, created with the LA based / Canada born electronic artist Cecile Believe, which was followed by the shimmering open-hearted anthem, “Half Alive”, with its ticking breakbeat and shimmering synth stabs. The wider record is a deeper immersion into the realms of yunè’’s songwriting capabilities and world-building textures. With its rippling synth arps and chilled beats, ‘Reckless Sensation’ is Massive Attack’s ‘Teardrop’ for Gen Z, while ‘Don’t Stop’evokes imperial period Phantogram. Finally, ‘Concorde’ is romantic, headphone-ready dream-pop that further impresses pinku’s creative range.
yunè pinku stormed onto the music scene with the mesmeric and textural debut single ‘Laylo’ in 2021, which marked the first puzzle piece of her effervescent inaugural EP “Bluff”. The burgeoning producer then followed “Bluff” with the critically acclaimed ‘BABYLON IX’ EP. Written from a fever dream-induced lens, it saw a move away from the “sad girl garage” pinku had been making previously and envisioned a glossy, sci-fi landscape with huge, structured pop songs bolstered by her ethereal electronics, a multifaceted narrative drawing from psychology, ancient Celtic myths and Hindu stories.
