After six years out of the music scene since 1997’s Surfacing was the toast of Lilith Fair, Sarah McLachlan is resurfacing with a new album. About time. While Surfacing’s “Angel” is a good song, we’re ready to hear that brilliant voice sing a different tune. And true to McLachlan’s success, Afterglow’s lead single “Fallen” has already made its way to the top of the pop charts. But it’s the less overplayed, more thoughtful songs that have made us grow to love McLachlan and her music. And she’s had plenty to think about. In the half-decade since her last album, McLachlan gave birth to daughter Indie and lost her mother to cancer. She deals with these events in the candid and expressive style we’ve come to expect. It’s a blend of the old and the new. Six years is a long time, but it was worth the wait.
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