![]() ![]() Lights Out closes in good fashion, with the rocky Afterlife and the ever expansive soundscape of Everyone Is Gonna Love You Now. It’s a piano driven ballad and beautifully put together with simplicity and a stunning vocal performance. Open Hands brings us back to the other side of the scale and with welcome arms. You Got Me and Handsome Hands are both good examples of the alt indie side, whereas numbers such as Warpath, Time Machine and One Night Town shift entirely to that almost over produced, over written girl pop venture. This leaves the album slightly out of balance at times where the sound is caught between the two genres, not quite delivering a tidy package. The album continues to fluctuate between that alternative sound we have come to know with what Michaelson has offered up previously, and full on modern day pop. The vocal performance does slightly resemble that of indie sensation Lorde at times and fans of either performer should definitely check the other one out. It’s a jumpy number and sits very much on the pop-end of her songwriting spectrum. Originally a break-up song, Michaelson states the song takes on a deeper meaning, shifting focus to “ no matter who we love, we are all the same”. First single off of the album is Girls Chase Boys, and was released in February of this year. ![]() ![]() The instrumentation drives her forward into an epic closing that can easily be imagined pouring from arenas. She is tuneful, melodic, yet powerful when called for. The album kicks off with Home and the track is a great introduction to Michaelson’s vocal abilities. With a back catalogue of hits such as Be OK, Fire and You & I, latest offering Lights Out is a continuation of that alternative side of indie-pop. It is her sixth studio effort and lies among an array of other collaborations, appearances on television series and commercials. Michaelson is an adaptive type, and is able to write catchy tunes for the mass audience. Lights Out is the latest album to be released by New York-based indie-pop singer Ingrid Michaelson. ![]()
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