(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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