Quiet Light Hi Society
Quiet Light has firmly established itself as a force, with their latest release, Blue Angel Sparkling Silver 2, landing squarely among this year’s most celebrated albums, even though it was promoted as a mixtape.
Beyond their own groundbreaking work, the collective is engaging in fascinating sonic collaborations that push the boundaries of alt-pop. Recently, performer Riya Mahesh shone a hushed light on a track from Ms Gloom’s catalog, creating a piece that bridges electronic energy with intimate reflection.
Mahesh took Ms Gloom’s original recording of “Hi, Society” and transformed it. She pared the track down from its original beat-driven electro-pop structure into a soft, sparse ballad, offering a deeply textural experience.
The result is a crystalline sound that manages to be both atmospheric and profoundly human. The chorus, in particular, delivers a wonderfully irreverent sense of modern life, offering a list of cultural touchstones that feel both nostalgic and utterly contemporary.
It’s a lyric that captures the essence of a certain kind of relaxed, counter-cultural mood: “I don’t smoke marijuana/ Drop the bass, Harry Potter/ Kurt Cobain, Nirvana/ Bless the shrimp, tap water.”
This juxtaposition of high-art electronic sound and casual, almost stream-of-consciousness cultural references perfectly embodies the current wave of alt-pop. It’s music that acknowledges the chaos of modern existence while wrapping it in a gentle, atmospheric blanket.
The collaboration demonstrates how artists can take established sounds and infuse them with their unique sensibility, proving that the most impactful music often lies in the delicate interplay between the familiar and the newly reimagined.
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