SKIN&EARTH ACOUSTIC Brings a New Feeling to Lights’ 2017 Juno-Winning Album
About two years ago, Lights released her fourth full-length album, the Juno Awardwinning Skin & Earth. Earlier this year, on July 12th, she released an acoustic version — something she’s very well-known for doing with each album she releases. The album features acoustic versions of Lights’ seven favorite songs off of the 2017 album re-recorded in different settings that the singer felt suited each song. The locations used for the acoustic recordings were also based off of chapters in the comic series that were released along with the original album and were related to each song. Along with these reimagined versions of Skin & Earth tracks, there are also three new songs included on this album.
with the specific song and travelled to the settings of those chapters in order to record the songs there. One track in particular that stood out was “Skydiving.” The original track is upbeat and fast-paced, whereas the acoustic version is slowed down and more emotional. When listening to the acoustic version, the raw emotion and the meaning behind the words is conveyed more bluntly and the intensity of emotions felt by the listener reflects the title of the track. The acoustic version of “Skydiving” was recorded on a cliff, and this relates to the title of the song which also ties into the freefalling feeling of letting the emotions in Lights’ voice encompass the listener when they hear the slowed-down track.
When re-recording each of the songs, Lights picked a specific chapter from the Skin & Earth comic series that she thought best coincided
The album as a whole has a more somber and emotional tone to it than the 2017 version because of how the tempo is slowed down and
