Exclusive Premiere: Stream Jess Knights’ New Track “Best Kind of Light”

By: Staff –

Jess Knights. (Photo: Sebastian Buzzalino)

Emerging Calgary-based soul singer-songwriter Jess Knights is back with her latest single “Best Kind of Light”, which you can stream exclusively via Aesthetic Magazine below.

Co-written with Donovan Woods in a Toronto diner over slices of pie, the ballad about a graceful end to a relationship presents Knights’ luminous voice in its rawest form. “I know you’re lonely/I’m lonely, too/But I won’t dare call you/Even though I want to,” she sings, channeling that yearning tug-of-war to go back. It’s a relatable sentiment to anyone that’s left a relationship and chosen instead to move on.

“It’s a choice to move on from any relationship with grace and integrity,” Knights says. “‘Best Kind of Light’ traces a reflection on what was with a recognition of what is, and a choice to remember the good and hopefully learn from the not-so-good.” 

Best Kind of Light weaves together Knights’ influences in blues, roots and revivalist soul, and features an array of songsmiths and sidemen, including award-winning producer Joshua Van Tassel, Joey Landreth, R. Grunwald, and others. The lineup adds dimension to Knights’ songs while bringing into focus the moody, dimly lit spectrum of her classically-trained voice. 

Knights will celebrate the release of Best Kind of Light with a livestream, Jess Knights: Live from the Speakeasy, on Saturday, June 20 at 7:00 pm. MT via Facebook Live.