Perth’s Gap Year move in light on their latest record

There's a special ambient air that surrounds Gap Year that entices daydreaming and roadtrips.

Radiant, airy, and full of life; Perth quiet achievers Gap Year have made an album that sounds exactly like the wind gently blowing through your hair; your skin getting warm under the sunshine; the morning light flickering through your windows. Blissful and comforting. This is In Light.

Gap Year – In Light

Release Date: Out Now

Label: Blue Grey Pink

Hear the latest single and album releases here.

Known for telling atmospheric sonic tales, Gap Year circle in the same air space as The War On Drugs, Real Estate, and The National, with their sophomore entry only lifting their feet higher from the ground. Settle in with the nearly 5 and a half minute opener, ‘Old Races’; a steady builder that immediately alleviates any tension that you may be holding. 

Taking three years to deliver, In Light benefits from conscious construction with a keen focus on composition. Take ‘Where I Came From’, a song that could easily have fallen into surf rock territory but instead makes use of light and shade with a soothing yet melancholic vocal carried by dizzying 80’s-laden synths to add sparks. 

Through this, the ten tracks build a home – cosy, familiar, and warm.  

Give In Light from Gap Year a listen here.