Foglights bring together the distinct musical worlds of The Cords’ Eva Cord and Stone Anthem’s Archie on debut EP Nous Deux, blending heartfelt indie pop with dense psychedelia, washed-out guitars and an undercurrent of vulnerability.
New duo Foglights have released their debut EP Nous Deux via Slumberland Records and Skep Wax, introducing a project built around the musical and personal connection between Eva Cord of The Cords and Archie, also known as Stone Anthem.
The collaboration brings together two contrasting but complementary approaches. Cord’s work with The Cords leans toward earnest, melodic indie pop, while Stone Anthem explores denser and more psychedelic territory. As Foglights, those impulses bleed into one another rather than competing for space.
Across four tracks, Nous Deux moves through hazy guitars, hypnotic melodies and folk-tinged pop arrangements that continually drift between brightness and distortion. The pair describe their shared vision as one rooted in honesty and vulnerability, with their relationship becoming part of the musical conversation itself.
Opening track “The Rain Felt Kind” provides an immediate introduction to that push and pull. Melody emerges through layers of texture and atmosphere, establishing the tension between darkness and hope that runs throughout the EP.
Rather than settling comfortably into either member’s existing musical identity, Foglights occupy the murkier territory in between. Touchstones including The Softies, The Velvet Underground, Spacemen 3, Spiritualized, Opal and The Pastels help map the surrounding landscape, but Nous Deux thrives on the chemistry created by combining its two creators’ sensibilities.
The EP continues with “I Don’t Know” and “The Day The Light Stayed (Longer Than Us)” before closing with the aptly titled “A Brighter Kind of Almost.”
Foglights will also bring the project to the stage following the release, including upcoming performances in Edinburgh and Coventry in September.
With Nous Deux, Cord and Archie turn contrast into common ground, creating a debut that feels intimate and unsettled in equal measure, with just enough light cutting through the haze.
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