And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow by Weyes Blood on Sub Pop Records

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:

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:

: "God Turn Me Into a Flower" uses the myth of Narcissus to advocate for pliability and softness in an increasingly rigid world.

: 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 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