Weyes Blood Tours with Poetic New Album

Written by Andrea Cacho, Photography by Justin Higuchi

Natalie Laura Mering, known artistically as Weyes Blood, is a singer-songwriter who shines in the realms of indie pop, ballad pop, and romantic folk music. Her older brothers and parents were also musicians, having influenced her interest in music from a very young age. Nonetheless, Mering was raised in a heavily religious family in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, so the songs she was constantly surrounded with came from Church. Because of this, it comes off as a no-brainer that she was involved in Portland’s noise rock scene while in college but still tended to deviate to a kind of “sacred space” style when creating her music.

Mering first started gaining popularity in 2016 with her third studio album, Front Row Seat to Earth, which rose to critical acclaim. This project was exceedingly unique, merging 70s folk sounds with renaissance sentiments. It’s delicate, yet ecstatic. Fan favorites include “Used to Be,” “Do You Need My Love,” and “Seven Words.” “Andromeda” off her fourth studio album Titanic Rising quickly became her true love anthem, standing now at 42 million streams. 

Most recently, though, Mering released her fifth studio album, And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow. It was released on November 18th with Sub Pop Records. The album is majestic, soft, and intimately poetic. It explores themes of a dystopian reality, isolation, climate change, and self-consciousness. The extremely popular, yet very tough music critic Anthony Fantano even gave the album a rating of a 7, which to his standards is impressive. In an interview with Pitchfork, Mering explained how her relationship with nostalgia reflects on her music through a lens of sincerity. And you can feel this in And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow - it’s refreshingly wistful. Starting 2023 with her In Holy Flux tour this December, Mering is expected to woo crowds in North America, Europe, and the UK. 

Her live concert experience has been described as transcendent, ethereal, and astral. Her voice is velvety and the band is thorough and detailed. Mering is serious, but talkative. She engages with fans, making jokes about the sadness of her songs. 

We can’t wait to see her In Holy Flux tour.