Interview: Mallrat shines a 'Light' through an ethereal pop ethos

Interview: Mallrat shines a 'Light' through an ethereal pop ethos

Mallrat’s favorite kind of light is a phenomenon that her grandmother used to call “God’s fingers.” “It’s when little rays peek through clouds or peek through trees, and it’s a really clear beam of light,” says the Australian artist born Grace Shaw. It is, unwittingly, the perfect descriptor of her sophomore album, Light hit my face like a straight right, which arrived in February. Emotionally potent and streaked with celestial synths, Light hit…