London-based musician Nilüfer Yanya continues a relaxed quest to reel listeners into her one-woman alt.rock world. Having supported Adele at her Hyde Park extravaganza in 2022 and poised to join Lorde on UK arena dates, Yanya is piquing interest in appropriate places even if her trip features a more contained, intimate and slow-burn sound.

Her latest EP, Dancing Shoes, comprises four new tracks which follow seamlessly in style if not quite in substance from her 2024 album My Method Actor. The musical language is spartan yet warm, just right for sinking into a sun lounger. There is a winning ache to Yanya’s vocals as she ruminates over a repeating guitar pattern and shake of tambourine on ‘Kneel’, while an elegant string arrangement draws on her Turkish roots.

‘Where To Look’ is typical of her sultry summer vibe, its austere beat contrasting with the undulating guitar and breathy alto vocal before building in the closing moments, enveloping Yanya in a fuzz-rock blanket of sound. ‘Cold Heart’ is cut from the same cloth, with pattering pulses, rhythmic guitar lines, a sparse but effective string arrangement, Yanya sounding even huskier as she reflects on the loneliness of being frozen out of a relationship.

‘Treason’ is the barest of them all, just the sensation of percussion and a sonorous semi-acoustic guitar backing Yanya’s soulful murmurings with wan pedal steel-guitar tones, plangent synths added like a splash of grenadine to a summer cocktail.

Dancing Shoes is released by Ninja Tune and is out now.