The Love I’ve Never Known

Pretty Lights “Color of My Soul”

I’d been hearing about Pretty Lights for a while, and knew it some kind of electronic act who headlined a lot of big festivals and had a huge light show, but I was very lazy about actually checking out the music. I think I assumed the worst, and figured it was just generic EDM and the light show was the reason people liked them so much at communal events but didn’t seem to buy their records. So I was surprised when I heard their new album, Color Map of the Sun, and discovered that the music was in fact much more like DJ Shadow circa Endtroducing… than, say, Deadmau5. It’s not a straight copy – you get that general vibe and mishmash of old soul and breakbeats, but it’s rooted in contemporary dance production, so there’s a more electro feel, and occasional bass drops. The album is best heard as a whole, but “Color of My Soul” is the best intro to what Pretty Lights is doing – a bit mysterious, very emotional, and epic in scale.

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