“I’m more confident than ever before.” And it shows. “I got better when there was none of that pressure,” she said. It gave her room to make a big-sounding album that packs an emotional punch. There was a hefty amount of independence alloted to Aplin during the making of LUTD, and it allowed her to come into her own. “She writes about the things she knows and doesn’t care if someone might not understand.” Aplin’s tracks “Heavy Heart” and “Hurt” do well to honor the icon. She found a way to put all her passions together.” Though it’s Mitchell’s bluntness that really got her. It was mine, and at the time, I was writing poetry, creative stories, and realized she did the same thing. “When I was first starting out, before I even picked up a guitar or learned anything for music, I was painting. Speaking to her love for Mitchell, Aplin cited how parallel their lives are. I completely dropped my ego.” She studied how her influences made music and meshed it with her own. With Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Neil Young fueling her creative process, Aplin set up a sort of year-long residency at her friend’s place and wrote what essentially amounted to a song a day. “I went into my second album knowing what I wanted to maintain and what I wanted to get rid of,” she told us over the phone. The result is nothing short of impressive. Light Up The Dark finds the British singer, songwriter, and record-label owner pivoting away from her airy sound and adding layers of old synths, experimental microphones, and guitars to it.
Thankfully, this year has seen many sophomore efforts drop with shimmering success, with Gabrielle Aplin’s being one of them. You want to progress your sound without alienating anyone in the process. After a widely successful debut album, the pressure to please fans while staying true to your own direction is high for any new artist.
0 kommentar(er)
