The UK-based, Netherlands-born artist, Julience, has just released his first single of the new year last Friday, February 17th titled, “Light Out of Darkness.” Certainly, a highly anticipated release as his emotive and guitar-laden pop-rock approach has been well received by his audience, quickly jumping to 15k monthly listeners on Spotify since dropping the first single of his catalog “Alcohol” in January of last year. #LT1KF has been following his work on the blog (“The Flood” and “Love Lies Cold”) as well. While typically praised for his guitar work in particular, Julience is a multi-instrumentalist that also played all the instruments on the new single. The latest is a sample of what’s to come this year via an upcoming album.
ORDER NOW “LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS”
BY JULIENCE ON BANDCAMP
The swirling guitar leads are reminiscent of early 2000s alternative rock that kind of reminds me of Fuel. There’s an element of classic rock you can hear in his influence of writing that blends together well nicely. Particularly in his impassioned, energetic vocal delivery and the track’s guitar solo fading out into a figurative sunset.
“I was always fascinated by music, but it wasn’t until I got my first guitar that I realised I wanted to be a musician”
As the title would imply, the lyrical context is optimistic at the root. However, the vibe and subtle lyricism carries a little bit of a somber air about it. Indeed, how would one find light out of the darkness without existing in darkness, to begin with? The chorus is melodic and emotive, and the words are expressionist in a sense, implying certain lyrical concepts but not overtly literal or specific. That is personally favorite kind of lyricism, the kind that leaves a lot to the mind to ponder and interpret when hearing it. Here are the lyrics to the song from the Bandcamp page:
Light Out Of Darkness
Alone in a city street
The night’s fading in
I walk from the dark
To a motionless crowd
That waits for the dawn
To come
And break up the masquerade
The hopeless divide
Of truth and lies
That shimmers in neon lights
To entice
The beam in our eyes
In time
A ray of sunshine in the rain
Like a rush of blood to the brain
Yeah like a light out of darkness
She was there
And she took away the pain
I never thought I’d see the day
Something good coming my way
Though stars fade and die
In the wink of an eye
As the rise of the tide
Where oceans collide
A ray of sunshine in the rain
Like a rush of blood to the brain
Like a light out of darkness
She was there
And she showed me the way
Yeah yeah
Like a ray of sunshine in the rain
Like a rush of blood to the brain
Yeah like a light out of darkness
She was there
And she took away the pain
This heart of mine
Take it with you
Love’s made for two
Make it alright
And let it ignite
Don’t flee from the fight
Let it inside
Make it alright
A ray of sunshine in the rain
Like a rush of blood to the brain
Yeah
Like a light out of darkness she was there
And she showed me the way
Yeah
Like A ray of sunshine in the rain
Yeah like a rush of blood to the brain
Yeah yeah
Like a light out of darkness
She was there
And she took away the pain
Song Credits:
Music & Lyrics: Julience
Instrumentation and vocals: Julience
Recorded on an iMac Pro using Logic Pro
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