Light Of My Life (2024) – Asgard Raven

(Light of my Life) It’s a very meaningful song to me written about my wife

– Joe (singer – songwriter) of Asgard Raven

The 26th of January, 2024 saw the release of today’s featured song Light of My Life from UK Indie Rock band Asgard Raven. It was the first of five tracks you can check out here on Soundcloud or listen to on You Tube at the end of this article.

On the third of this month, Joe sent me a message asking if I could review his music. While I do not do reviews per se I told him it would a pleasure to listen to a song he had in mind. So upon listening to the Soundcloud listing, I told him how I would like to feature Light of My Life since it jumped at me immediately; reminding me of two immense ballads from my favourite Australian band My Friend the Chocolate Cake, namely: It’s All in the Way and More Heart Than Me.
Joe was very forthcoming with links (inc. the Asgard Raven web site) and bio information, which included the following:

Producing songs born from his experiences during deployments in the Army and influenced by his love of extreme sports, Joe (singer and songwriter) has taken the next step towards bringing them to life and releasing them to the public. Drawing on many musical influences including punk, rock, blues and indie music, he produces a unique landscape of sound reminiscent of early 90s Brit pop and rock records.

Asgard Ravens’ music is recorded at Sunrise Sound Studio in Hampshire, produced by Marc Burford of Echotape and mixed by Mat Leppanen at the Animal Farm’s studio in London.

In case you wondered as I did about the origin of the name ‘Asgard Raven‘, Joe told me it is linked to Valhalla and Odin from Norse mythology around fallen warriors – and his first song Until Another Day is a tribute to a close friend who died in Afghanistan. I highly recommend watching the aforementioned song-video to get not only a musical sense of who Joe is (Asgard Raven), but a visual one as it features him during the recording process.

Before I sign off, I would like to point you to my esteemed fellow blogger – Jeff’s review at Eclectic Music Lover of another Asgard Raven single released in March this year called For Us All.

And not only does the music seem to channel Oasis, Raven’s vocals even sound a bit like Liam Gallagher’s here, his strong British accent shining through as he offers support to a friend who’s struggling: “The world can be a lonely place sometimes. And no one can see the pain behind your smile. Come on my friend, lean on me. Take my hand, let it all be.“

Thank you for reading as always. I hope you enjoy Light of My life from Asgard Raven.

Light of my Life

I had to think hard to find the words I want to say to you,

So many reasons not to do what you do, for me. 

It’s not so easy to be there the way you are but you are, every day. 

You pick me up when I’m broken, give me strength when I’ve just woken, and breath the air into my wings to help me fly.

You talk me round when I am doubting, you’re by my side when times’re hard, and you take away the pain that makes me wanna cry. 

Thank you, light of my life.

My guiding light when I’m lost and lonely, bring me home to you.

And when I feel like I am drowning you tell me it’ll be ok.

It’s not so easy to be there the way you are but you are, every day. 

You pick me up when I’m broken, give me strength when I’ve just woken, and breath the air into my wings to help me fly.

You talk me round when I’m doubting, stand by my side when times’er hard, and take away the pain that makes me wanna cry. 

Thank you, light of my life.