{"id":514,"date":"2019-12-15T21:02:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T21:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8dsync.com\/?p=514"},"modified":"2021-01-20T20:05:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T20:05:16","slug":"shana-falana-darkest-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8dsync.com\/?p=514","title":{"rendered":"Shana Falana &#8211; Darkest Light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_e54ffa-44 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_e54ffa-44\">Shana Falana &#8211; <em>Darkest Light<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-uagb-columns uagb-columns__wrap uagb-columns__background-none uagb-columns__stack-mobile uagb-columns__valign-center uagb-columns__gap-0 alignundefined uagb-block-c04e08fe\"><div class=\"uagb-columns__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-columns__inner-wrap uagb-columns__columns-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-90fd2064\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-column__inner-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ShanaFalana-DarkestLight-DigitalCover-HighRes-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Shana Falana - Darkest Light\" class=\"wp-image-499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ShanaFalana-DarkestLight-DigitalCover-HighRes-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ShanaFalana-DarkestLight-DigitalCover-HighRes-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ShanaFalana-DarkestLight-DigitalCover-HighRes-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ShanaFalana-DarkestLight-DigitalCover-HighRes-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ShanaFalana-DarkestLight-DigitalCover-HighRes-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ShanaFalana-DarkestLight-DigitalCover-HighRes-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ShanaFalana-DarkestLight-DigitalCover-HighRes-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ShanaFalana-DarkestLight-DigitalCover-HighRes-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ShanaFalana-DarkestLight-DigitalCover-HighRes-1920x1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ShanaFalana-DarkestLight-DigitalCover-HighRes-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/8dsync.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ShanaFalana-DarkestLight-DigitalCover-HighRes-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-column uagb-column__wrap uagb-column__background-undefined uagb-block-ed7dbbde\"><div class=\"uagb-column__overlay\"><\/div><div class=\"uagb-column__inner-wrap\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"disco-playlist-3099985\" name=\"disco-playlist-3099985\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"disco-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/8dsync.disco.ac\/e\/p\/3099985?download=false&amp;s=QZwXyAx-Nao4aBQXtsPPV-qaRyk%3A9pw9DHKv&amp;artwork=true&amp;theme=white&amp;color=%23233f8c\" width=\"480\" height=\"395\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Described playfully by its maker as \u201c<strong>druggy music by sober people<\/strong>,\u201d Shana Falana\u2019s <em>Darkest Light<\/em> is as full of mystery, contrast, and paradox as the title would suggest. The Kingston, New York songwriter and record-maker works her own deep niche in the psych-rock, shoegaze, and ethereal punk neighborhood. On <em>Darkest Light<\/em>, she converts all that weird, magical, and occasionally nasty energy into authentic messages of personal empowerment, rebirth, and redemption. \u201cI\u2019ve been around a while,\u201d Falana says. \u201cI was an addict. I worked on the fringe of the sex industry in New York City for two years. I know that even in the darkest lives, everyone still has their light. People still shine. <em>Darkest Light<\/em> is an album of mantras.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> A prolific veteran of both the San Francisco (\u201890s) and Brooklyn (\u201800s) experimental pop scenes, the Kingston, New York artist crafted Darkest Light with her core team of drummer Mike Amari and producer D. James Goodwin (Kevin Morby, Wand, Heather Woods Broderick). The committed, hypnotic primitivism of Amari\u2019s drumming drives the sludgy and guttural grooves of standout tracks like \u201cCome on Over\u201d and \u201cDarkest Light.\u201d In a partnership now on its third release, Falana and Goodwin architect stormy, heavy, harrowing, and delicate layers of material sound without ever losing the thread of Falana\u2019s slippery, exotic vocal melodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A tempestuous, rocking record, <em>Darkest Light<\/em> features moments of pure anthemic bliss pop (\u201cGo Higher,\u201d a song based on a Wiccan chant) and the fragile beauty of one drum-less and direct love song, \u201cCome and Find Me.\u201d After releasing a cover of Depeche Mode\u2019s \u201cStripped\u201d last year, Falana approached <em>Darkest Light<\/em> with a sense of owning influences as both homage and as secret weapons. \u201cEveryone\u201d begins with Slowdive-like shimmer blossoming into gnarly Sonic Youth-style rock. Some of the sublimated inspiration driving <em>Darkest Light<\/em> came from bands with whom Falana feels the kinship of time and place, like fellow San Francisco scenesters Thee Oh-Sees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A female songwriter in her 40s, Falana is acutely aware of the challenges that mature artists face in a field characterized by youth, established reputation, and rapid turnover. \u201cAs in so many entertainment industries, the music industry feels like there is an expiration date on artists,\u201d she says, \u201cbut songwriters get better with age. With all the cultural shifts regarding race, gender, religion, body image, maybe it is time to create an argument for \u2018older\u2019 artists as well. 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