℗ 2023 Universal Music Operations Limited; A Fiction Records Release
| Released | August 4, 2023 |
| Duration | 43m 09s |
| Record Label | Fiction |
| Genre | Alternative |
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1.1
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A Place To Lie
Art School Girlfriend |
5:23 | |||
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1.2
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Close To The Clouds
Art School Girlfriend |
4:01 | |||
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1.3
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Real Life
Art School Girlfriend |
4:32 | |||
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1.4
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Waves
Art School Girlfriend |
4:00 | |||
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1.5
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Blue Sky (feat. Tony Njoku)
Art School Girlfriend; Tony Njoku |
2:52 | |||
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1.6
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The Weeks
Art School Girlfriend |
4:16 | |||
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1.7
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Laugh My Head Off
Art School Girlfriend |
3:51 | |||
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1.8
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Out There
Art School Girlfriend |
4:22 | |||
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1.9
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Heaven Hanging Low
Art School Girlfriend |
3:40 | |||
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1.10
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How Do You Do It?
Art School Girlfriend |
2:27 | |||
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1.11
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Too Bright
Art School Girlfriend |
3:45 |
Art School Girlfriend, aka Polly Mackey's second album Soft Landing, released August 8, 2023. The album is self-described as a series of 'small euphorias', it is an album that finds Mackey shifting her sound towards tactile electronics whilst retaining the floating melodies of her debut. With the announcement, Mackey has released one of her strongest tracks to date, titled 'Close To The Clouds', which follows the success of standalone single 'A Place To Lie' earlier this year. 'Close To The Clouds' is an integral part of Soft Landing, with the central refrain providing the album with its title, and the song unfurling into climbing, arpeggiated synths amidst acid-house indebted drums. Soft Landing follows Mackey's 2020 debut album, Is It Light Where You Are? an album made in the wake of a tumultuous time and released during one. Soft Landing feels like Mackey's true debut, a record of curiosity and playfulness with songs that sound like they are falling effortlessly into place.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Fiction Studio Masters
Tracks 1-11 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 48 kHz / 24-bit
Tracks 1-11 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 48 kHz / 24-bit
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.20 -0.20 to -0.20 | -10.35 -11.64 to -9.32 | -8.85 -10.50 to -7.80 | 5 4 to 7 | |
| 1 | A Place To Lie | -0.20 | -9.47 | -8.0 | 5 |
| 2 | Close To The Clouds | -0.20 | -10.11 | -8.2 | 5 |
| 3 | Real Life | -0.20 | -11.03 | -9.1 | 5 |
| 4 | Waves | -0.20 | -10.55 | -9.5 | 5 |
| 5 | Blue Sky (feat. Tony Njoku) | -0.20 | -9.32 | -7.8 | 5 |
| 6 | The Weeks | -0.20 | -10.54 | -8.5 | 4 |
| 7 | Laugh My Head Off | -0.20 | -10.04 | -8.7 | 5 |
| 8 | Out There | -0.20 | -11.25 | -9.9 | 6 |
| 9 | Heaven Hanging Low | -0.20 | -9.82 | -8.4 | 4 |
| 10 | How Do You Do It? | -0.20 | -11.64 | -10.5 | 7 |
| 11 | Too Bright | -0.20 | -10.13 | -8.7 | 5 |