RockOm

"There are dark shadows on the earth,
but its lights are stronger in the contrast."
[Charles Dickens]

Dickens' words remind us of what we enjoy bringing you each week at RockOm: musically-deep artists who reveal all the rich variety of the light/dark spectrum.

The luminosity of light quite literally marks this week's Featured Track of the Week by the artist known as Lights. Lights is an up-and-coming electro-pop artist whose song "Saviour" can be previewed on the homepage all week long.

From the darker end of the spectrum check out my review of Sting's newest offering, If on a Winter's Night... This collection of original and "borrowed" folk tunes is an intensely reflective and spiritually-rich companion for the coming wintry season.

Enjoy,
Trevor Harden, President of RockOm.net

by Lights

Visit Lights at...
Website: iamlights.com
MySpace.com/lights
The Listening on iTunes

LIGHTS is the name of the "sparkling, otherworldly electro-pop" singer-songwriter who has been making a splash on the Warped Tour as well as with her debut full-length album, The Listening (Warner Brothers). She has been highlighted as buzz-worthy by Rolling Stone magazine, calling her a "retro new wave... keytar-rocking pixie."

Light's song "Saviour" caught RockOm's attention as a tune about calling out to something bigger than yourself.

Featured Track: "Saviour"

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"'Saviour' is a big example of taking one of those really dark emotional situations and turning it into something positive. I just happened to get hit with a really dark sad night. The melody started coming together and the words started pouring out. I was crying when I wrote the first line of the chorus and it actually sounds kind of like crying. It's a really, really powerful song for me." (Lights)

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See also:

Acoustic version (YouTube)

Live version, Warped Tour (YouTube)