Quiet Light – Forever

Austin artist and producer Quiet Light (AKA Riya Mahesh) has released her new single “Forever” – out now via True Panther.

Quiet Light has a gift for being able to convey undulated emotion through deceptively simple pop structures.  The new track etches away some of the ambient fuzz in which her vocals previously were enmeshed in favor of a more traditional synth-pop through-line, and the song thrums with expressive vulnerability in the form of a clear-eyed devotional: “all I want to do / is be good to you.”  The Richard Phillip Smith-directed video accompaniment perfectly captures Mahesh’s world, which is never nostalgic as much as it remains a portal of both romanticism and limitless possibility.  Quiet Light plays a sold out London tonight, the final performance of an 11-date tour across the UK + Europe.  She returns to the US for select southwest dates in December, including as support for James K. Mahesh has had an in-demand past few months: being hand-selected to perform at Olivia Rodrigo’s debut Daisy Chain Fields Festival, remixing fellow pop auteur Ms*Gloom’s “Hi, Society” into a dreamy standout ballad of her own, and supporting Eartheater in New York and Ear in Chicago.  Mahesh also spoke with Interview Magazine and covered NME’s August issue, as well as performing album standout “You Say I Love You” as part of A24’s Sound Check at Cherry Lane Theatre.

This past April, Quiet Light released acclaimed mixtape Blue Angel Sparkling Silver 2.

Blue Angel Sparkling Silver 2 serves as a sister tape to her 2023 project, Blue Angel Sparkling Silver, and follows singles “You Say I Love You” (which has been streamed over one million times alone on Spotify),  “Berlin”, “Postinternetfame”, and “Self Tape”, which have seen her garner praise from Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, NPR, NME, The FADER, and Stereogum and more. Mahesh played a slate of release shows in May in support of the project, and launched a limited-edition vinyl, which features a 2-disc pressing of both Blue Angel Sparkling Silver and Blue Angel Sparkling Silver 2.  She continues to shine as one of the brightest new voices in ethereal pop music with her evocatively woven vignettes that feel as universally moving as they are deeply specific.

11/11 – Oslo Hackney – London, UK

12/09 – White Oak Music Hall – Austin, TX*

12/11 – Paper Tiger – San Antonio, TX*

12/12 – RADIO/EAST – Austin, TX^

*supporting James K

^as part of Holiday Hootennany w/Magdalena Bay, Frost Children, Coco & Clair Clair + more

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