Marie Chain and "Holy Water" come at a time when the lines between styles of music are becoming less natural. For more than ten years, the Berlin-based artist has been making what she calls "Global Soul," and her newest song shows why that term is so perfect. The track's origin story reads like something from a travel journal. Chain conceived the melody during a summer hike...

Trueclaw and their new single, "One Road," arrive with a curious proposition: an anthem for human perseverance co-authored by artificial intelligence. There’s an immediate, propulsive energy here, the steady cadence of a long-distance run translated into pulsing synths and an ever-evolving beat. It is a song that doesn’t shout encouragement from the sidelines; it becomes the rhythmic breath in your lungs, the metronome for...