You carry the weight at night No secrets in the light There’s nowhere left to hide Exposed in the day exposed in the night
Rani Sharone’s dark alternative solo project And it was Night presents What’s Beyond the Light? as a nocturnal crossing where landscape, memory, and perception keep changing places. Written after moonlit walks and drawing from The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Church, My Bloody Valentine, and The Mission, the song moves with a steady club pulse while guitars dissolve at the edges and electronics cast a dim, narcotic sheen across the mix. Beneath its poised surface lies a persistent unease, as though each familiar street has shifted from where it stood yesterday.
That dislocation becomes the governing principle of the accompanying video, filmed and edited by Sharone himself. Wandering through open terrain, climbing stairs, and performing amid blurred natural forms, he places the body inside unstable spaces. Glitches rupture the image, repeated gestures lose their ordinary meaning, and forward motion begins to feel circular. The camera keeps seeking an exit while the edit folds the route back into itself. What begins as an evening walk gradually assumes the character of a private trial, with every path offering revelation and misdirection in equal measure.
The video’s strongest passages come from its willingness to let simple actions acquire psychological weight. A staircase becomes a threshold without a promised destination. Trees and roadside textures appear less as scenery than as active witnesses. Familiar locations are altered through framing, repetition, and digital fracture until the everyday begins to look conspiratorial. The song’s guide through darkness may offer companionship, yet the images preserve uncertainty about where the journey leads and whether illumination can be trusted.
Sharone’s performance is embedded within the montage rather than elevated above it, which suits a song concerned with guidance, doubt, and perception slipping out of alignment. The visual language draws from experimental music television, home-video abstraction, and the soft distortions of a dream recalled too quickly after waking.
“Short form videos have always proved to be a fun and creative way to give my music a visual pairing, so jumping into a full length video was an amazing exercise and challenge,” says Sharone. “I set out to create a dreamy and sometimes disorienting video filled with movement, nature, and things that directly inspired my lyrics for the song, including sights from my own neighborhood.”
Watch the video for “What’s Beyond the Light?” below:
Rani Sharone’s wider career supplies useful context without overwhelming the work: he has toured and recorded with Puscifer and Stolen Babies, collaborated with film composers, written for animation, and contributed to the music team behind K-Pop Demon Hunters. Here, those experiences converge in pop whose visual imagination carries the greatest force, turning a moonlit walk into a restless study of desire, fear, and the unreliable architecture of night.
Listen to What’s Beyond The Light? below and order the single here.
A ballet set to the music of Aerosmith will premiere in Virginia next year.
The Virginia National Ballet’s production of Aerosmith will be staged at the Hylton Performing Arts Center’s Merchant Hall in Manassas on May 2, 2027. It will feature music from the band’s 70s heyday alongside their later, MTV-era hits.
“Get ready to experience ballet like never before,” say the organisers. “Virginia National Ballet’s Aerosmith is a bold, electrifying world premiere that fuses the power of rock with the artistry of dance.
“Set to Aerosmith’s greatest hits, this high-energy production will have audiences on the edge of their seats – in a performance that is pulsing with rhythm, attitude, and unforgettable choreography.”
In addition to Aerosmith, the company will premiere Nocturne, set to the piano music of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin, and a production of Pictures At An Exhibition by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, which they premiered in 2024.
The Virginia National Ballet, led by artistic director Rafik Hegab, has previously staged ballets featuring the music of Led Zeppelin, Queen, Eagles and the Beatles.
In 2023, the UK’s Birmingham Royal Ballet launched a successful production based on the music of Black Sabbath, while contemporary dance choreographer Michael Clark has staged events using the songs of The Fall, Wire, Laibach, David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed. Porte Rogue, a Rolling Stones ballet orchestrated by Mick Jagger, premiered in New York in 2019.
Resurgence is dropping this month and, with the Deep Blue European Tour on the horizon, Future Palace is stepping into an exciting new chapter. We had this conversation with vocalist Maria Lessing to discuss the album’s emotional themes, her development as a vocalist, and the changes shaping the band’s future.
Reuel
Hello Maria! I’m very happy to be talking with you. How are you doing?
Maria Lessing
I am doing fine, thanks for having me! I am excited for our album release next week + playing at Wacken.
Reuel
This is so exciting! You’re releasing your fourth album at the end of this month. How would you describe this new album?
Maria Lessing
I feel like this album is the most thematically connected album we have ever done. If it’s about the symbols used in the lyrics or visuals, the sound, or also the story it tells about a healing journey, it all flows together nicely, and we are happy how it turned out.
Reuel
It’s been about six years since your debut album came out. When you look back at where you started compared to Resurgence today, how do you feel your sound has evolved over the years?
Maria Lessing
First of all I feel like my vocals have improved a lot since that album, which makes me happy, because sometimes it feels like you’re not getting better at all. We also got heavier but overall kept our Future Palace stylistic. We’re still always open to new genres and ideas but love keeping some nostalgia in our sound.
Reuel
Music has a unique ability to touch humans at an emotional level. What emotions do you think people will be left with after they listen to Resurgence?
Maria Lessing
I hope they feel like they can relate and let out their emotions at a safe place but also – and most importantly, what this album is supposed to convey, is seeing the power of yourself, seeing the power of change! We can change anytime and improve ourselves and our lives and maybe even some aspects of the world. We should not underestimate our potential and power.
Reuel
Outside of Germany, this tour is taking you all over Europe. Which specific countries or cities are you most excited to hit on the Deep Blue Tour, either because you’ve never played there before, or because of a memorable past show?
Maria Lessing
I am overall happy to tour Europe again since our last European tour was about 2 years ago. I am really excited for the cities that we haven’t played at yet of course which are Leeds (UK), Lyon (France), Sint-Niklaas (Belgium) and Jyväsklyä (Finland).
Reuel
You’ve already given fans a taste of Resurgence with singles like ‘Resurge’ and ‘Deep Blue’. But out of the remaining unreleased tracks, are there any specific songs you are most eager, or maybe a little nervous, to see the crowd’s reaction to once the album drops?
Maria Lessing
With this album, we had a really hard time choosing the singles, because we liked all the songs so much and felt like many of them had a huge single potential, so I am just happy to release them all finally. Songs like “The Shades” or “Disintegrate” feel like singles to me. I am also happy about “Ebb and Flow” since I have written the base of the song on my acoustic guitar, which was important and special to me. Songs like “Nightfall” feel different and very personal. In general, every song is special to us.
Reuel
If the sense of taste and hearing were mixed up together, what food do you imagine Future Palace’s music would taste like?
Maria Lessing
I think we are a plate of pasta, and you can decide what sauce and veggies you wanna have with it every time you eat it, because we love changing things up but having a solid base.
Reuel
This is a brilliant choice! Thank you for your time, Maria! Is there anything else you’d like to add?
Maria Lessing
Thank you again for having me! Not really, just listen to Resurgence once it’s out, see us on tour, and we can’t wait to travel more new places in the future and spread our message. <3
Via AOP RecordsOut 31 July, 2026 Words by Daryl Daryl Yet another album with perfect production, every instrument in perfect clarity, every pitch perfect. There is not a gap in the audio spectrum that has not been filled, no decibel left unturned. So is it just another album going against the tide of authenticity? In […]
Via AOP RecordsOut 31 July, 2026 Words by Daryl Daryl Yet another album with perfect production, every instrument in perfect clarity, every pitch perfect. There is not a gap in the audio spectrum that has not been filled, no decibel left unturned. So is it just another album going against the tide of authenticity? In […]