Light Up The Dark

Gabrielle Aplin

LPA

Light Up The Dark
Skeleton
Fools Love

LPB

Slip Away
Sweet Nothing
Heavy Heart

LPC

Shallow Love
Anybody Out There
Hurt

LPD

Together
What Did You Do?
A While

After 63.5 million Spotify streams, 80 million YouTube views, 1.5 million sales of singles from her debut album ‘English Rain’, and #1 chart positions in the UK and Australia, GABRIELLE APLIN’s new single ‘SWEET NOTHING’ impacts on September 18th. Taken from her upcoming second album ‘Light Up The Dark’ (also released on September 18th), ‘Sweet Nothing’ follows the album’s title track which was playlisted at Radio 1. ‘Sweet Nothing’ – already a live favourite - features infectious syncopated drums plus a giddy rush of vocals, and represents another startling, invigorating left turn.

Months of touring the world with ‘English Rain’ improved Aplin’s musicianship exponentially – her guitar and piano skills were heightened, and spending most of her time with other musicians added a new dimension to her songwriting. Also vital was her experimentations with different microphones, vintage equipment and old synths.

The new album was inspired by Joni Mitchell and the production on Feist’s ‘The Reminder’. “Her voice is just here, right at the front, and everything sits around it perfectly. I’ve also become much more comfortable writing songs about other people’s stories as well as my own, much of which is inspired by travelling and everything I’ve seen
since my first album.”

Before signing to Parlophone Records, Gabrielle set up her own label to release music aged 15. Her breakthrough came at the age of just 19 with her interpretation of ‘The Power of Love’ which hit the top of the charts. The follow-up ‘Please Don’t Say You Love Me’ secured the Radio 1 A-list and lit up the singles chart as did subsequent singles ‘Panic Cord’, ‘Home’ and ‘Salvation’ helping Aplin race to 1.5 million single sales. Her debut album ‘English Rain’ peaked at #2 and was soon certified Gold for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. This album success was replicated in Australia were the album also went Gold.