WEYES BLOOD - And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow LP

Includes two-sided poster.

Highly recommended.

Transcendent and sometimes wistful, the lush folk-pop of Weyes Blood (a.k.a. LA-based Natalie Mering) explores everything that drives us, divides us, and destroys us. This sounds like heavy stuff, but Mering is an effortless guide. Though burdened by doubt, she is also buoyed by hope — her music unfurling with stunning nuance and ease that is easily compared to the rich timbre of Karen Carpenter at her Super seventies sister, best.

Weyes would say “Bob Seger meets Enya” to describe her work. When you consider Weyes Blood’s otherworldly expansiveness and hook-laden melodies, you realize that she isn’t exaggerating.