Since her 2013 EP ‘All We Can’, Yumi and The Weather has been offering up a blend of vivid psych-pop, garage rock and distorted shoegaze with electric undercurrents. Yumi and The Weather emerged onto the scene over a decade ago, bringing this brooding yet dynamic sound to clubs and festivals across the UK.

Her new single, ‘Lead Me Through Hell’, released on August 24th of this year, boasts a vibrant cover of warm oranges and red, a blazing closure of the Summer of ‘23. The Western art style is immediately accompanied by the raw wailing of a guitar, drenched in reverb, before Ruby’s haunting vocals take centre stage. The song feels expertly cinematic, a love-letter to the Old West, galloping through the three and a half minutes runtime with cowboy flair.

Lyrically, Ruby expresses anger, regret and the depression that comes from a break-up. There is an honesty to the chorus, with the singer admitting to succumbing to the heat of the moment, adding a deeper layer of melancholic resourcefulness that comes from the impassioned anger that lingers like radiation after a nuclear fall-out break-up. Ruby’s vocal performance is a force that rivals the intense guitars, creating a tempestuous sound that in its entirety feels like a gunslinging showdown; with Ruby walking away weathered yet wiser, and ultimately victorious in this shootout.

Speaking on her newest track, Ruby stated: “This song was inspired by a long term relationship ending. Break ups are not easy and the aftermath is usually having to go through hell and out the other side, which is the basis of the song. It’s also about being angry and sometimes saying or thinking things you don’t mean afterwards, but at the time you do. I don’t know why this song came out as a cowboy style, I guess the chords just were very fitting to the mood I was in at the time and the kinda urgent horse galloping story telling stride helped me keep positive and powerful during such a difficult and emotional situation.”

Yumi and The Weather will be performing across the UK in October, hitting some big cities like London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Milton Keynes, Sheffield and Newcastle, finishing the tour in Ruby’s hometown of Brighton.