There's an intimacy to the new FREE/MAN release, "The Reconnection EP," that borders on a welcome invasion of personal space. It is the sonic equivalent of someone leaning in, not to share a secret, but to create the silence where your own might finally surface. Charlie Freeman hasn't built a grand cathedral of sound here; he's simply furnished a quiet room with stark, necessary...

NBP Human, the rock music project spearheaded by Balazs Janky, has returned with a sonic boom disguised as a single: "Morbid Craziness". Janky’s return to songwriting peels back the layers of our modern reality, presenting a gritty, yet strangely hopeful, analysis. https://open.spotify.com/track/0QydCcGjtDavFLV8igmDkJ?si=d50fc84fda6a41b0 "Morbid Craziness" throws a spotlight on the shadowy corners of a world obsessed with deceit. You know, the kind where your toaster probably judges...