After the calls stop, the hardest part of a breakup is rarely being alone. It is the administrative problem of feeling: how does someone proceed after an old future disappears? Astian’s new single “How” holds that question there. It does not rush to fill it with a lesson, confession, or the sort of gleaming finality pop often prefers. Astian approaches the aftermath through a playful, stripped-back...

Megapenny Music makes a radiant entrance with the single “Spaces Between,” offering an expansive look at the accidental poetry of everyday devotion. Built on the creative partnership between founder Al Young a classically trained pianist and custom synthesizer designer returning after a 40-year studio hiatus and a featured French lead vocalist Delphine Savatte, the track trades manufactured melodrama for something observant and patient. Conventional...