Pretty Lights is out with a new soulful single called “We Must Go On.” The track hearkens back to Derek Smith’s earlier days of combining verses from old soul classics with an extended instrumental intro as the heart of the song builds on itself, creating some agonizing tension in anticipation of the full melody. It’s a dreamy track that oozes with musical self-reflection. The accompanying video seems to confirm this with street scenes filtered on top of each other, creating a memory mash-up. Krystle Blackburn, director and girlfriend of Derek, adds grainy, indecipherable imagery that, in her words, “communicates a range of feelings and open ended ideas.” It’s a unification of sound and vision, and it certainly moves the soul.

STREAM: Pretty Lights – “We Must Go On”