Painless

Critical reception

Painless was met with widespread acclaim reviews from critics. Pitchfork designated the album "Best New Music", with writer Laura Snapes opining that "Painless excels at a kind of subtle disclosure, relying less on power than it does texture and immaculately sparing detail." Chris Taylor of Line of Best Fit wrote, "crunchy, ethereal, and odd in its harsh beauty, Painless is a record of contradictions that Yanya spectacularly weaves together." In a five-star review The Telegraph proclaimed that the album "should rubber stamp Nilüfer Yanya as a generational star".

Personnel

Musicians

Nilüfer Yanya – lead vocals (all tracks), electric guitar (tracks 2, 9), guitars (10–12)

Will Archer – electric guitar (tracks 1, 3–7, 9), acoustic guitar (1, 3, 6, 8), bass guitar (1, 4, 5, 8), piano (3), backing vocals (5, 8)

Ellis Dupuy – drums (tracks 1, 4, 6, 10, 11)

Ben Reed – bass guitar (tracks 2, 3, 12)

Dom Pusey – clarinet (track 3)

Jazzi Bobbi – vocals (track 10)

Technical

Matt Colton – mastering (tracks 1–12, 18)

Kevin Tuffy – mastering (tracks 13–17)

Nathan Boddy – mixing (tracks 1–12)

Will Archer – mixing (tracks 13–16), engineering (1, 3–8), additional engineering (9)

Tom A.D. Fuller – mixing (track 18)

Bullion – engineering (tracks 2, 12)

Joe Dworniak – engineering (track 9), additional engineering (1, 3–8, 11)

Jazzi Bobbi – engineering (track 10)

Andrew Sarlo – engineering (track 11)

Oli Barton Wood – engineering (tracks 13–15)

Lilian Nuthall – mixing assistance

Andy Ramsay – additional engineering (tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 11)

Dom Kirtley – additional engineering (10)

M T Hadley – additional vocal engineering (11)

Visuals

Molly Daniel – photography

Nilüfer Yanya – photography, album artwork design

Elif Yanya – paintings

Lauren Harewood – additional font design