Celestial Skies is back with a glowing new single titled "Headlights," a song that explores the fragility and strength of love. Taken from their acclaimed album, "The Art Of Breaking Hearts," the song will receive a standalone single release on September 12, 2025. "Headlights" starts stripped down, almost fragile, as if it's inviting you into a private moment. By the time the band kicks in between 2:42 and 3:30, with bleary strings and rosy harmonies, it becomes a majestic folk-rock anthem that continues to resound.
This track is about perspective and the fact that relationships sometimes stagger under the weight of tiny misunderstandings but can also be galvanized by cooperation. Selman calls it "instead of looking at the niggles and blips you might have had each day, focus on the good in every day." He really feels that sentiment, and it comes across with significant emotional heft in his performance. The song echoes through some of Damien Rice's more stripped-down but graceful moments, and it's raw yet elegant, stark yet stirring.
Recorded and mixed at Manchester's Blueprint Studios, the home of Elbow, and mastered at London's historic Abbey Road Studios, the track benefits from production that sounds both airless and natural. Adding further sheen, singer-songwriter Kuill, who recently scored a UK Top 40 album, provides subtle but effective backing vocals that wrap around the song, adding depth and warmth. His chemistry with Selman is instinctive, a reminder that even when it comes to the art of heartbreak, there is beauty in being in sync. Celestial Skie has helped create a moment of clarity and a reminder that even in the most difficult storms of life, there's always light to be found.
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