Blood Records alumni Rianne Downey returns with 'Method To My Madness', exclusively pressed to transparent LP, limited to 500 copies, signed by Rianne and hand-numbered. Feeling a sense of extreme main stage energy, blooming in Downey after real world outings in support of artists like Liam Fray, The Lathums and The Snuts as well as numerous major festival stages, the singer-songwriter heard the melodies andvoices Bruce Springsteen and Sam Fender in her head as Songbird came to life. Fearlessly autobiographical, the single paints a portrait of a performer unafraid to write every wrong turn, dead end and hard-won life lesson into her songs. Setting out her stall early, this year has already found Downey hitting new highs with the releases of step-up singles, Alright and Hard (winning both BBC Radio 1 and 6 Music support). Both tracks, alongside Home, released last winter, bore deep intoher loves, losses and leave-behinds as the early years of her twenties provide a moment’s pause for reflection on how far she’s come and the obstacles she’s had to navigate along the way. For every moment of pain, a verse or chorus have been born.
