Exploring the bittersweet light of love and memory, October Project’s single “Changing Light of Love” by award-winning songwriters Julie Flanders and Emil Adler is set for release on Friday, February 23rd, with a Zoom/Video Premiere set for Sunday, February 25th from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST.

In synch with the emphasis of music luminaries Peter Gabriel (whose studio is behind the publication of Reverberation: Do Everything Better with Music) and Renée Fleming (whose new book, Music & Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness, comes out this April) on the healing and transformative power of music, October Project invites us once again (see “Lost”) into the experience of an altered, more relaxed and receptive state of consciousness with the release of their new single and video.

Opening with the quiet, deeply felt vocals of lead singer Marina Belica against a signature Adler piano line and soft clouds of electric guitar from Julian Coryell (Alanis Morrissette), “Changing Light of Love” takes flight with trademark October Project harmony from co-vocalist Flanders and the steady, guiding pulse of drummer Mark Schulman (Pink). Delicate verses build to a powerful chorus against a backdrop of originally designed kaleidoscopic imagery and an unusual (7/4) musical meter that work together to help us leave behind our analytical mind.  The flow and shifting of music and pattern distract us from our environment to help calm the brain and move us into an experience of rich feeling and reverie.  Offers Belica, “It’s a multisensory magic carpet ride.”

The video plays intentionally with our experience of light, through a kaleidoscopic portal that allows us to experience the music more deeply.  Like “music for the eyes,” the ever-changing mandala-like patterns are not only mesmerizing and beautiful but have a therapeutic, calming effect, one that has been used to relax patients [in cancer clinics, hospice groups and children’s hospitals] or [in clinical settings].  Says kaleidoscope artist Judith Paul, “the right brain wants beauty and art; the left brain wants order.  The kaleidoscope is science and art, both.”

The lyric of “Changing Light of Love” speaks directly to the thematic heart of the album on which it appears, The Ghost of Childhood, due for release this May – looking back, looking inward, the way the light of memory and love changes with time.  Concepts of light, looking back and taking the listener/viewer on a transformative journey also inspired the video for an earlier single from the album, “Lost,” a trip across the universe featuring stunning imagery from the James Webb telescope.

"Over the years we’ve had listeners express the power of our music in their lives, especially in times of transition and hardship. The notion of music being a healing force is always there for us,” says Flanders.

“Changing Light of Love” is the fifth in a series of singles October Project is releasing from The Ghost of Childhood, with the full album slated for release this spring.

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