Los Angeles-based artist Mia Loucks unveils a dreamy folk entrancement with new single “Light it Can Blind You.” Gentle acoustics, sounds of bird-chirping, and delicate piano lead into Loucks’ lushly enveloping vocal presence. “Keeping a hold on everything I love,” her vocals let out, complemented by caressing backing vocal harmoniousness as the creaking acoustics and sporadic piano continue to intertwine. The production is a riveting, serenely absorbing success.
Also immersing is the track’s music video, shot and directed by Mia’s dad and fiancé. Glimmering, hazy colors and double exposure techniques craft a colorful replication of the lyrical themes within — specifically, relating to the fear of joy, and how one strives to balance that blissful light with the foreboding potential of inevitable loss, where the light goes out. The video’s sun flares and nature setting make for a beautiful visual accompaniment to this thorough standout of a track — succeeding in its dreamy soundscape and poetic thematic prowess — from Mia Loucks.
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The track is also featured in the genre-based, best-of Spotify compilation Emerging Indie Rock.
