The music scene is drowning in copycats and algorithm-friendly slop. Then there’s Blindness & Light. This sprawling, border-hopping collective just unleashed “Just A Few Milligrams,” the second taste of their third album, and it’s a snarling, glorious middle finger to the blandness.
First, who the hell are these people? Blindness & Light is a loose, informal gang of rebels stretching from Anglesey to Yorkshire, with satellites in Japan and Argentina. They don’t do rigid line-ups or genre boxes. For this recording, the core gunslingers are Colin M Potter on vocals, guitar, and songwriting—the gritty, guiding voice—and Helen Reynolds, whose ethereal vocals are like a spectral knife, adding that haunting balance. Holding down the fort are Mel Dopazo on bass, laying down grooves that feel like a heartbeat under concrete, and Glenn Welman on drums, who declares war on rhythm. Together, they sound like a battalion.
But this isn’t just noise for noise’s sake. “Just A Few Milligrams” has a mission. It’s a fierce, anti-racist anthem born from watching the far-right scum rise globally. The message is blunt and brilliant: the difference between black and white skin is literally just a few milligrams of a pigment called melanin. Nothing to fear. The track is a musical fist raised in solidarity, inspired by the unity of “Love Music, Hate Racism” events and the positive fight from bands like The Ship Builders and Pete Bentham and the Dinner Ladies.
The track was born on the Isle of Anglesey and then sent to Germany’s Outback Studios, where Benedikt and Thomas mixed and mastered this beast into a polished weapon. The production, handled by the band themselves, is gritty and confident. This is what happens when talented people prioritize freedom over formula. They’ve already scored number ones on the European Indie Chart, and after this? They should be topping conscience charts too.
Blindness & Light thrives in the dark corners and bright halls, refusing to be defined, restricted, or ignored. “Just A Few Milligrams” comes with a purpose, and it’s absolutely brilliant.