Album Reviews

Weyes Blood channels Karen Carpenter with innately melodic pop

The singer-songwriter, also known as Natalie Merling, says the new album is the next phase in a trilogy of releases

Natalie Merling: ‘Seeking freedom from algorithms and a destiny of repetitive loops’
And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow: Ten expertly delivered songs

Weyes Blood: And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow (Sub Pop)

Shining the beam of a torch on the significance of contemporary dissatisfaction is at the core of Weyes Blood’s new album. As far as Californian songwriter Natalie Merling (Weyes Blood’s birth name) is concerned – and as much as we are informed by her work over the past ten years – there is a systemic ...