Love Redacted is Blindness & Light’s Single Out Now
Good Day Noir Family,
Blindness & Light return with “Love Redacted,” though this time it is an intimate solo confession from Colin M Potter rather than a full band effort.
Love Redacted is Blindness & Light’s Single Out Now
Potter, who has always been the primary songwriter behind the project, builds the track layer by layer with careful intention.
It opens on ringing guitar strums paired with sustained guitar notes, creating the aura of an anthem that rises slowly from silence. There’s a sense of expectancy in this opening, as if the song is gathering its breath before speaking its truth.
When the vocals enter, they do so with understated strength. Potter’s tone has a charming, calm urgency. Around the 55-second mark, the track begins to bloom. A deep, warm bass line slides underneath, anchoring the progression, while drums crash in shortly after to lift the entire piece off the ground. The transition is striking: what began as a hushed reflection suddenly stands upright as a confident alternative rock track.
Hints of R.E.M. filter through in the jangling guitar textures and the driving drum groove. The guitars turn crunchy yet melodic, pushing the momentum without overwhelming the vocals. Between these bursts of energy, the arrangement retreats at times into quieter, introspective spaces. These softer moments let the lyrics breathe and give contrast to the song’s more powerful sections. They act almost like deep breaths between emotional surges, allowing the track to move with natural dynamics.
As the final chorus swells and begins to fade, the song leaves behind a suspended glow—neither fully in shadow nor in sunlight. It carries a bittersweet tension, as if hovering between two emotional worlds yet unwilling to choose either. “Love Redacted” feels like a personal, intimate, and driven statement.
Love Redacted is Blindness & Light’s Single Out Now!
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Love Redacted is Blindness & Light’s Single Out Now
Blindness & Light is a loose post-punk collective spanning Anglesey to Yorkshire, with members also in Japan and Argentina. Rejecting the confines of a fixed lineup, they embrace freedom and independence.
Rooted in the ’80s–’90s Liverpool/Manchester post-punk scene and inspired by The Velvet Underground, they’ve had three singles from I Dreamt I Had Insomnia hit No. 1 on the European Indie Music Chart.
Their latest single “Love Redacted” is a rare solo work by Colin M Potter, recorded on the Isle of Anglesey and mixed in Germany at Outback Studios. They are currently recording their third album and preparing a live lineup.
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