More about: Vanessa Gimenez

Often when a buzzy young band splits up, that’s it, it’s rare to hear anything more from the members—let alone anything good. When Swimming Girls split up, it wouldn’t have been surprising to see them fade away…but singer Vanessa Gimenez had other ideas.

She’s back this Friday (13 August) with her debut solo EP Make It Rain, and it's serving up three slices of pop perfection. 

The title track, which apparently lead to Swimming Girls break up (the band rejected it as one for them), nods to Pure Heroine era Lorde with Gimenez’s vocals unspooling over smooth sultry synths: living that vaporwave dream!

Second track ‘Doing Better’ would sound right at home in Swimming Girls’ repertoire whilst closer ‘In My Dreams’ is a real head turner with its slow build to music for broken souls.

As a whole, Make It Rain really shows there’s far more to come yet from Vanessa Gimenez beyond the world of her former band. 

Make It Rain EP arrives 13 August.

More about: Vanessa Gimenez