Rachika Nayar

Rachika Nayar's transformative guitar-based compositions are informed by wistful Midwest emo and uplifting trance anthems as well as sweeping cinematic epics. While the Brooklyn-based artist's full-length debut, 2021's Our Hands Against the Dusk, is a set of glitchy electro-acoustic deconstructions, 2022's Heaven Come Crashing consists of grand, maximalist pieces drawing from dream pop, jungle, and anime soundtracks. First known as Rachika S, the artist released Themes for a Film, written for a rescoring of the cult anime film Tekkon Kinkreet, in 2018. She also scored and sta...