Listening to “Small Town Syndrome” by thinking silly is an exercise in delightful contradiction. Dylan Morrison’s project, shaped here by the production hand of collaborator Margot Taylor, builds a sleek, propulsive chassis of dark pop and minimal techno, only to house an engine of pure, grinding ache. It’s the sound of someone forcing a smile so wide their face hurts, a dance track for...

Tahani, the Coleford-based singer-songwriter pulling therapeutic fire from the depths of the Forest of Dean, is stepping fully into the light to deliver her newest anthem, "Don't Come Knocking". She fearlessly channels a lifetime of profound lived trauma from navigating teen motherhood and managing ADHD and Autism, to embracing her LGBTQ+ identity later in life and enduring an absent alcoholic father into an unapologetic...