(2021) Art School Girlfriend - Is It Light Where You Are        





Review:

Clocking in at an immersive 43 minutes, ‘Is It Light Where You Are’ is a wholly atmospheric synth-driven debut album doused in heartbreak. Throughout its ten tracks, Polly Mackey - under her stage moniker Art School Girlfriend - sings in a low, drowsy vocal of grieving an ex-partner and feeling empty and alone in the wake of a breakup, all the while wondering if her ex feels the same as she asks, “Is there light where you are?” With more beat drops than chord changes, the accompanying instrumental is dark and gritty, Polly’s new wave and ‘90s shoegaze influences cutting through the cacophonous sonic soundscapes with razor-sharp precision. While progressing through the motions of heartbreak across the album, standout ‘Softer Side’ sees the singer toying with the feelings of becoming infatuated with someone you’ve projected an ideal onto, searching for something in them which was never there (relatable, much?). Bringing the album to a close, ‘Eyes On You’ with its lamenting vocals caps off ‘Is It Light Where You Are’ with a perfect new-found clarity. — diymag





   





Track List:

01 - In the Middle

02 - Is It Light Where You Are

03 - Softer Side

04 - Give

05 - Low Light

06 - Colour Me

07 - Helm

08 - Good As I Wanted

09 - Bored of Myself

10 - Eyes On You





Media Report:

Genre: indie-pop, synth-pop

Country: London, UK

Format: FLAC

Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec

Bit rate mode: Variable

Channel(s): 2 channels

Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz

Bit depth: 16 bits

Compression mode: Lossless

Writing library: libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)





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