Chitra - You Can See It When It's Dark Vinyl LP

We're proud to announce Chitra's debut album You Can See It When It's Dark as a Friends of Impressed release.

You Can See It When It's Dark, a ten-track collection capturing the emotional complexity of growing up, growing apart, and learning to stay close to yourself. Out now independently, the record brings together six previously released singles—Autumn, Big Shot, In My Opinion, Close Proximity, Go Easy and Motormouth—with four brand new tracks You Can See It When It's Dark, Counting, No Blame To Take and Sold.

Four years in the making, You Can See It When It's Dark is the sound of an artist coming home to herself. "This album was born from personal transformation, creative risk, and emotional release," Chitra shares. "It spans intense change for me. Some songs came out fast, others took years. But each holds part of that process."

Produced by John Castle (Cub Sport, Angie McMahon, Hatchie), the album moves between soft, interior moments and bold, guitar-driven swells. What ties it together is Chitra's voice—clear-eyed, expressive, and grounded in feeling. Whether she's writing from anxiety, nostalgia, or quiet hope, her songs invite the listener in without over-explaining. "There's a thread of contradiction running through the record," she says. "It's about strength in being both hard and soft. Friendships that feel like love. Comfort in chaos."

The album's title track paints one of those exact moments: standing next to someone you once loved in a crowded room, feeling the echo of what used to be. "It's a very visual song for me," Chitra explains. "You go to a show, stand next to someone you once loved, and live in that nostalgia for a second. I think I'm someone who doesn't let things go easily, and this song captures that—the way feeling can drag on long after something has ended."

Elsewhere, Counting explores the quiet disconnection between two people going through motions but avoiding the inevitable. No Blame To Take looks at unresolved conflict with calm acceptance—stepping back, recognising fault on both sides, and letting it sit. Then there's Sold, bringing the album's emotional arc full circle, asking the question many artists have faced: Is it worth it?

Raised on the Wadawurrung/Bellarine Peninsula and now based in Naarm/Melbourne, Chitra Ridwan first emerged with her self-titled EP in 2020. Now, with You Can See It When It's Dark, she's stepped fully into her sound: intimate but expansive, emotionally sharp without losing warmth.

Tracklist:

Side A
1. Big Shot
2. In My Opinion
3. Sold
4. No Blame To Take
5. Autumn

Side B
6. Close Proximity 
7. Go Easy
8. Counting feat. Grand Pine
9. You Can See It When It's Dark
10. Motomouth

Pressed to limited edition transparent dark blue vinyl. 

Available now for preorder - we'll ship on release on 20th September. 

Free shipping Australia wide.