Persian-American global pop sensation SHAB dropped her wildly magnetic new single today, "Perfume." Fusing her Middle Eastern heritage with a sleek, modern American dance-pop spirit, the track delivers an unabashed celebration of feminine power and the lingering, invisible signature a woman leaves behind in her wake. https://open.spotify.com/track/1HeJhoJ5hZFyNhK9enKMT5?si=75b1ceaefb9f4dd3 The instrumentation physically mimics the dizzying, gravitational pull of sensory intoxication. SHAB twists an exotic, winding vocal scale directly...

Arn-Identified Flying Objects Alien Friend caught me entirely off guard with his single, "John in Roses' Deep". Since setting off on his own in 2020, the Swedish solo artist and former REDMOON singer and guitarist has frequently stirred acoustic Americana and electric power pop together. Here, though, he unearths a pitch-black, traditional murder ballad. https://open.spotify.com/track/0t1vuoXfweiH62utynIwEt?si=aIBBxd2ESI-DrcivYHMIrg The track revolves around a rhythmic, stubbornly cyclical melody that sets...