Melinda Joy steps into the autumn dusk with her captivating new single, “Deadly.” Originating from an unsettling dream state, the track leans into a bittersweet Southern Gothic mood while drifting easily through indie and dream pop territory. Joy’s smooth, breathy vocal delivery glides over a foundation of steady rhythmic strumming and crisp, melodic plucking, greeting heavy existential themes with unexpected warmth. https://open.spotify.com/track/5WpoAXTw8vaScpuWZwmyDV?si=BatGheBtT_a0BDx30DxFjQ At its center, the...

Jon Gold’s new single, "Lullaby for a Dream," is an act of gorgeous disorientation. You see the name—a pianist rooted in the intricate soils of jazz—and you prepare for one thing, but what arrives is a mist-laden skiff drifting from an entirely different shore. Gold, a Delaware musician, has composed a piece of British-Gaelic folk, and the cognitive dissonance is half the immediate magic....