Sarah Lucie is a singer-songwriter whose fourteen- track, hour length debut album “Light in the Dark” speaks about her personal journey of discovering oneself. She self-admittedly spent a large part of her life unconsciously suppressing her true self, leading her to dark places a year before completing the LP. Instrumentally, the entire album only consists two elements, her emotional vocal performance and the keys, giving us a simple and heartfelt listen. The songwriting however, stands out as the highlight of the album, tackling layered themes and some intensely deep motifs!
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The soothing melody “Find Your Light” starts the album off with a request for guidance. The idea of external perception altering your sense of self along with the expectations that one is supposed to fulfil and the toll that might take on your soul are brought up. “Ablaze” follows this up with some powerful vocal inflections and rhythmic keys. There is a desire on this track to set the world on fire with rage or with change, but a discomfort with uncertainty is equally displayed. “I’m alive” has a sonic palette that matches the lyrical theme of transformation. There is sense of purging and letting go of the past, a newfound freedom in the vocal delivery by Sarah Lucie.
This is followed by “Take The lead” that encourages a belief in the universe; a higher power and its control on life. The instrumentation is melancholic in a nostalgic manner and the spiritual side of Sarah Lucie is made explicit. “Becoming” has instrumentation with religious undertones and speaks to the change and safety it takes to find oneself, while “Take My Hand” starts off with the description of struggle, which we don’t get to hear much about on the project. “What’s Your Name” feels like a letter to your younger self and even starts off with a child’s voice! While we hear what it takes to grow into who you are, “Welcome Home” feels like the arrival at peace.
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The rest of the album with tracks like “Open Your Eyes”, “Beneath the Pain” and “Not Today” speaks to the impermanency of this state of mind. The ebbs and flows in the everyday that keep pushing and pulling between the past and present; between who you were and who you are now are addressed. “Walls” is a really soft, joyful track that serves as a reminder to not be afraid to start all over again. As the title aptly suggest, it explains the process of breaking down boundaries that might have been rigid or set too high. “Higher” talks kindly to yourself and realises that we are all connected to each other. The airport serves as a literal and metaphorical setting to take flight! “Enough” with its angelic vocals closes the album out with the iconic lines “I’m enough, we’re enough, you’re enough”.
Imagery from nature becomes a prevalent lyrical component towards the end of the LP. Given that the album has only one instrument and vocals it runs the risk of feeling monotonous, at times making me hope for more sonic or lyrical variations. But it is remarkable the number of angles Sarah Lucie is able to write from about one concept! I really enjoyed how much she centred herself in the songwriting and how the project screams self-love!
“Light in the Dark” by Sarah Lucie is a really beautiful album about growth, transformation and finding home within yourself. Make sure to check it out here:
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