Released on November 18, 2022, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow is the fifth studio album by Natalie Mering, the artist known as Weyes Blood . As the second installment in a planned trilogy that began with 2019’s Titanic Rising , the record shifts from the anticipation of doom to the experience of being "in the thick of it". A "Glow Stick" for the Modern Soul
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: Despite tracks mourning a failed relationship and a crumbling environment, the closer "A Given Thing" offers a hopeful note on "love everlasting". Production and Sound Released on November 18, 2022, And in the
Produced primarily by Mering alongside , the album was recorded at the legendary Studio Three at EastWest in Los Angeles—the same space where The Beach Boys tracked Pet Sounds . The sound is a lush fusion of: Production and Sound Produced primarily by Mering alongside
Mering describes the album’s central metaphor as a heart acting like a glow stick: it must be cracked to emit light. This "explosion of earnestness" serves as a counterpoint to a world defined by tech-driven apathy and ideological chaos. While Titanic Rising was an observation of a coming storm, Hearts Aglow is a personal response to the isolation and "irrevocable change" felt during and after the global pandemic. Themes and Narrative The album explores several deeply human experiences: