for my vinyl people, the Rough Trade exclusive is limited to 1000 copies

already got mine secured

roughtrade.com/us/weyes-blood/and-in-the-darkness-hearts-aglow/lp-plus

Tour dates out!

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.

The celestial-influenced folk album is her follow-up to the acclaimed Titanic Rising. (Pitchfork, NPR, and The Guardian admiringly named it one of 2019’s best.) While Titanic Rising was an observation of doom to come, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow is about being in the thick of it: a search for an escape hatch to liberate us from algorithms and ideological chaos. “We’re in a fully functional s*** show,” Mering says. “My heart is a glow stick that’s been cracked, lighting up my chest in an explosion of earnestness.”

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.”

Other tracks follow in kind. The lullaby-like “Grapevine” chronicles the splintering of a human connection. The otherworldly dirge “God Turn Me into a Flower” serves as allegory about our collective hubris. “The Worst Is Done” is an ominous warning, set against a deceivingly breezy pop melody.

“Chaos is natural. But so is negentropy, or the tendency for things to fall into order,” she says. “These songs may not be manifestos or solutions, but I know they shed light on the meaning of our contemporary disillusionment.”

yet again, another artist I love not touring Florida
why

i never knew Titanic Rising was the start of a trilogy

The Queen is back

Last album was fire

I’ll wait on the single til the whole album drops but I’m excited

Good looks!

damn shipping is that expensive in Canada huh?

Unfortunately

How much was it for you?

$5

Why the album gotta be so far away from now

New Single is incredible

I copped the purple one off her website

i’ve had some hit or miss copies of albums that are Loser Edition…sometimes they sound like garbage

OPN gonna be on the album

The cover sucks but I'm so damn innn

I like the purple one on her website more tbh but limited ed is cool

The pink one on roughtrade says it’s the loser edition, just pink instead of purple

the fact that this is a trilogy that started with titanic rising.

How y’all feeling bout the single?

amazing song

queens back

At this point I expect that I have to go to ATL to see artists I like

Cover is fire you tripping

the worst part is with every artist that goes to ATL, it’s usually on a weekday during my semesters