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Light Up the Dark
Rock · 2015 · 12 tracks

Light Up the Dark

Gabrielle Aplin

A sharp pivot into gritty indie rock and blues-infused pop. Smoldering electric guitars and raspy vocals replace the delicate folk of her debut.

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It's Gabrielle Aplin if she traded her acoustic guitar for a leather jacket and a distortion pedal.

A restless and defiant surge of energy that finds beauty in the shadows of the city.

Light Up the Dark · vs · Gabrielle Aplin
Defiant+4.0σ

Defiant saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Light Up the Dark
4:16
02
Skeleton
3:37
03
Fools Love
4:05
04
Slip Away
3:52
05
Sweet Nothing
2:54
06
Heavy Heart
3:55
07
Shallow Love
4:00
08
Anybody Out There
3:10
09
Hurt
4:13
10
Together
2:45
11
What Did You Do?
4:21
12
A While / Don’t Break Your Heart on Me
8:55
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden explosion of distorted guitar and crashing drums on the title track's chorus
The raw, gravelly texture of the vocals during the bridge of Heavy Heart
The way the final track dissolves into a hidden, skeletal acoustic coda after minutes of silence
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