This morning, British indie singer-songwriter Rachel Chinouriri released her newest EP ‘Little House’. The release features four dynamic tracks.
On SoundCloud the artist released a privated additional note ‘Stream Introduction’ where she explains the concept of the EP and its significance to her growth. She states, ‘I wrote this EP about my dreams of having a little house with my future partner and my dreams of having lots of land, a small house and having animals’. The concept is reflected in the album cover of the artist sitting on a picturesque stretch of grass with a little cottage-like house in the distance.
Chinouriri’s previous album ‘What A Devastating Turn Of Events’ in 2024 gained immense popularity in the indie scene with the most popular track ‘So My Darling- Acoustic’ reaching over 67,000,000 listens since its release. The album talks love, trauma and belonging, inspired by her upbringing in a Zimbabwean household in Croydon.
The artist explains in an interview with Teen Vogue her experience being raised by her parents who were teenage soldiers in the Rhodesian Bush War, “There’s a sense of pride and real toughness from being a soldier…but I think the trauma that it leaves — no matter what the outcome is — from war is one of the worst things I’ve been able to witness firsthand.”. This heartbreaking vulnerability comes through in the album, and we follow her soft, dreamy tone similarly into ‘Little House’.
‘Little House’ begins with a fun dance track reminiscent of a teen coming of age film from the 2000s. Think Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging with a hint of Wild Child. This is the kind of song imagined as a romantic montage over the top of Chinouriri’s candy-sweet vocals, fitting with the song written as loving dedication to her partner Isaac.
Following this is ’23:42′, which shows the artist’s breathy voice bouncing along a synth beat. It has a slightly sadder tone with pained lyrics ‘What the hell am I doing thinking you’re right?’ ‘What the hell am I like?’. The artist debuted the track in Copenhagen on Sabrina Carpenter’s Short N’ Sweet tour.
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Her third track ‘Judas (Demo)’ is immediately soft and sombre with a thin acoustic guitar and light sorrowful vocals. The heartfelt track reminds us of how the artist is able to pull us into the throes of emotion, placing us in the dark image ‘in the dead of night’ as she pours out ‘I’m too young to die’. The magnetic evolution throughout the album has been praised by fans.
wow rachel chinouriri does not know what a bad project is. her debut album was perfection. and this ep exceeded all my expectations. https://t.co/dpnpFLgbvp
— looms ⋆˚✿˖° (yj spoilers) (@mollygordonsgf) April 4, 2025
The EP closes on ‘Indigo’, a hopeful slow building dedication to love, finalising a beautifully crafted collection of songs.
