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THELIGHTS Release New Song “Rush”

Published

1 year ago

May 29, 2025

Emily

London experimental duo THELIGHTS smash it with “RUSH”. It’s one of those tracks that kind of creeps up on you. It doesn’t smack you over the head straight away, but the deeper you fall into it, the more it pulls you under. There’s a tension in the way it builds—layered synths, echoed-out vocals, and an atmosphere that feels like it’s always about to burst. It’s electronic music, sure, but not in the typical sense.

There’s something about the vocal delivery that makes it hit even harder. It blends into the mix rather than sitting on top of it, which works really well here. You’re not being told what to feel, but the emotion is in there, buried under the beat. And the beat which is steady and hypnotic keeps everything moving forward. It gives the track its name: RUSH feels like motion, like trying to hold onto something that’s slipping through your fingers.

The duo SLND on lyrics and vocals, and DEETZSCHK handling production and visuals have carved out a pretty unique lane for themselves here. They’ve got clear influences, everything from left-field pop to 90s electronic and even a bit of reggae energy in the rhythm (they’ve cited Chaka Demus & Pliers before), but it’s never a direct lift. What they’re doing is building something new out of the fragments—familiar in feeling, unfamiliar in sound.

Stream “Rush” By THELIGHTS here.

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Mané’s ‘The Goddess in the Room’ Turns Self-Discovery Into Sonic World-Building

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5 hours ago

June 2, 2026

Philomena Marie

There is a remarkable sense of intention running through The Goddess in the Room, the latest project from Swiss artist Mané. Blending alternative electronic pop with ritualistic percussion and spiritual symbolism, the album presents itself as both a personal statement and a carefully constructed narrative. Across its nine tracks, Mané explores identity, healing, queerness, and empowerment with impressive clarity of vision.

The opening track, “The GODDESS in the Room,” functions as both invitation and thesis statement. It introduces listeners to a world where intuition and self-trust become guiding principles, while establishing the atmospheric production style that shapes much of the record. The song’s spacious arrangement creates room for reflection, a quality that becomes one of the album’s defining characteristics.

That introspection deepens on “perles de sang” and “sappho.” The former grapples with inherited pain and bodily experience, while the latter offers a moving celebration of queer identity. Throughout these songs, Mané avoids reducing complex themes to slogans, instead allowing emotional nuance to emerge through carefully crafted songwriting and evocative imagery.

Musically, the album reaches some of its most intriguing moments on “)O(” and “moonstones.” Both tracks highlight Mané’s growing confidence as a sonic architect, blending electronic textures with organic rhythmic elements inspired by shamanic practice. The resulting sound feels immersive and transportive without losing its emotional immediacy.

Meanwhile, “j’serai tjr là” and “chocolate con sangre” provide some of the record’s most vulnerable moments. Here, Mané strips back some of the conceptual grandeur to focus on connection, memory, and emotional endurance. These songs reveal an artist equally capable of intimate storytelling and ambitious world-building.

The penultimate track, “Witches,” injects a surge of collective energy into the album’s narrative. Drawing on themes of resistance and feminine power, it stands as one of the project’s most direct statements while retaining its atmospheric sophistication. It is both politically resonant and emotionally charged.

By the time “ALIGNED” closes the record, the journey feels complete. Not because all questions have been answered, but because the search itself has become meaningful. The Goddess in the Room succeeds through its commitment to authenticity and vision, establishing Mané as an artist unafraid to follow her own path, wherever it may lead.

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