Portland Oregon-based heavy post-progressive band Light Creates Shadow release new single, ‘Beauty for Ashes’, their first new music since the release of the 2022 full length, Ghosts Pass Through, Running From The Body.
LCS is an organic and intuitive connection between guitarist/vocalist Marc Changnon, bassist Jered Johnson and drummer Adam Young. They combine progressive dynamics, uniquely delivered vocals, channeled lyrics, intricately woven passages that power through unorthodox arrangements, which culminate into epic walls of sound.
By utilizing conceptual frameworks to take the listener on an interior journey into energetic vibration, psyche, and a confrontation with their Shadow through unconscious processing, the experience urges the listener to transition to a state of awakened consciousness. This alchemical mixture offers the audience a blank canvas to paint their own rendering of interpretation upon and engages them in a new way.
Recorded at Isaac Brock’s (Modest Mouse) private studio and engineered by Brandon Eggleston, ‘Beauty for Ashes’ sees the band exploring new sonic territory and delving deeper into conceptual meaning within their songs. The video was produced by guitarist/vocalist Marc Changnon and tackles theories regarding the psychic and metaphysical realms. He writes:
“This song was conceived through my experience of reliving past lives or quantum timelines to resolve karmic imbalances. I have found through my experiences that we are in part here to clear our karma through relationships and choices. Our timelines often scaffold on each other in cyclical patterns throughout our lives, teaching us lessons for growth at soul level. This video is symbolic of these stacked realities with specific motifs which relate to a tragic event for which I primarily reincarnated in order to re-process and heal.”
‘Beauty for Ashes’ was released on December 4, 2024 and can be downloaded and purchased HERE ON BANDCAMP.
