And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow

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Could it be narcissism? We encourage each other to aspire – to reach for the external to quell our desires, thinking goals of wellness and bliss will alleviate the baseline anxiety of living in a time like ours. We think the answer is outside ourselves, through technology, imaginary frontiers that will magically absolve us of all our problems. We look everywhere but in ourselves for a salve. In “God Turn Me into a Flower,” I relay the myth of Narcissus, whose obsession with a reflection in a pool leads him to starve and lose all perception outside his infatuation. In a state of great hubris, he doesn’t recognize that the thing he so passionately desired was ultimately just himself. God turns him into a pliable flower who sways with the universe. The Best Albums of 2022 Ranked". The Line of Best Fit. December 6, 2022 . Retrieved December 6, 2022.

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And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow opens with the wistful, winsome “It's Not Just Me, It's Everybody,” a song about the interconnectivity of all beings, despite the fraying of society around us. “I was asking a lot of questions while writing these songs. Hyper-isolation kept coming up,” Mering says. “Our culture relies less and less on people. Something is off, and even though the feeling appears differently for each individual, it is universal.” Technological agitation. Narcissism fatigue. A galaxy of isolation. These are the new norms keeping Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) up at night and the themes at the heart of her latest release, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow.

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And In the Darkness, Hearts Aglow is intricately put together, with Mering mirroring the sentiments of in head-bending arrangements; “God Turn Me Into a Flower” updates the myth of Narcissus and uses Mering’s layered vocals (as well as synth squiggles by her and Daniel Lopatin) to evoke its otherworldly longing, while the finale, “A Given Thing,” finds Mering reflecting on how “sometimes our love is enrapturing/ and other times it’s just unraveling/ in front of me.” Her voice is low in the mix of whooshing synths and deliberate piano chords at times, perhaps indicating her ambivalence toward love—although when she declares her desire to break the fighting-and-reconciling cycle, it soars, carried along by resolve.Cush, Andy (November 18, 2022). "Weyes Blood And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow Album Review | Pitchfork". Pitchfork . Retrieved November 18, 2022. On September 12, 2022, Natalie Mering officially announced her fifth studio album And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow set for release on November 18, 2022, and released its lead single " It's Not Just Me, It's Everybody" the same day. In promotion of the album, she embarked on the In Holy Flux Tour across North America and Europe in 2023. [7] The second single, "Grapevine", followed on October 11, 2022. [8] The song, which takes its title from a stretch of California highway known as "the Grapevine", is inspired by Mering's breakup with a " narcissistic" musician during the COVID-19 pandemic. [9] The third single, "God Turn Me Into a Flower", was released on November 16, 2022. [10] Technological agitation . Narcissism fatigue. A galaxy of isolation. These are the new norms keeping Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) up at night and the themes at the heart of her latest release, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow. Richardson, Mark (November 14, 2022). " 'And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow' by Weyes Blood review: the sweeping sound of ambition". The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved February 26, 2023.

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Swisscharts.com – Weyes Blood – And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 28, 2022. Goods that are faulty or sent in error must be returned to Crash Records Limited, 35 The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 6PU within 7 working days of the item being received by the customer. Alex, Swhear (November 19, 2022). "Weyes Blood Brings Patience and Confidence to Pandemic Reverberations in 'And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow': Album Review". Variety . Retrieved November 28, 2022. Meanwhile, the obvious vocal comparison is to Karen Carpenter, with whom Mering shares a controlled, velvety melancholy. And, like Carpenter’s music, there’s something curiously unknowable at this album’s centre. Just as it’s never entirely clear if Carpenter was intentionally freighting what was meant to be easy listening with an almost unbearable sadness – whether she was really pouring her own distress into her readings of songs or whether the listener is simply retrospectively projecting their knowledge on to the sound of her voice – it isn’t entirely clear whether everything Mering sings is meant in deadly earnest. When she blithely dismantles the initial optimism of The Worst Is Over – “I think it’s only just begun” – you find yourself wondering if you’re in the presence of a doomsayer or an exceptionally deadpan humorist. It makes And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow seem more of a puzzle than it first appears – one that’s an unalloyed joy to solve. This week Alexis listened to