There’s something refreshingly genuine about Alway’s latest single, “Lights Out.” Made with an almost bracingly emotional core, this song is the lovechild of introspection and indie memories born not in a roomy, high-end studio but in the half-light of a Manchester bedroom.
“Lights Out” envelopes you with eerie, hauntingly familiar yet otherworldly harmonies. Alway’s voice is delivered with a spectral softness that draws you close, functioning almost like a whisper underneath a rainy windowpane. But below the melancholy, a progressive feeling of expansion simmers beneath the surface. It feels like nothing so much as a miracle that is very DIY. A lot of the magic is in that soul. Armed with little other than close quarters and artistic determination, Alway wrote this song from scratch, letting a little bit of his soul seep into every line of sound. Every beat and echo feel deliberate, as though they’re navigating the artist’s path from disorientation to groundedness, an emotional arc that echoes their relocation and rediscovery in Manchester.
It’s a glorious high-wire act, old Brit pop textures kissed by modern bedroom pop sincerity. Think guitar lines, understated beats, and harmonies that swell like rising tides. “Lights Out” doesn’t demand attention, it asks for it, instead quietly weaving listeners into a story about personal revolutions. Sure, it’s about getting lost, but more importantly, about deciding to find your way back.
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