Some comeback albums arrive wearing a suit. Block’s "Love Crash" kicks the shoes off at the door, laughs at the mess, then starts telling the truth before anyone has found a chair. Released on Meridian, ECR Music Group, the album is Block’s sixth full-length and his first new record in 13 years. That gap matters, but the record does not beg for sympathy. It feels awake,...

An empty space in the calendar can feel less like freedom than another task waiting for instructions. Even pleasure becomes an appointment we promise to keep once everything else settles. AMMARI’s “Honey Rivers” challenges that bargain between happiness and control. The London-based singer-songwriter, originally from Russia, released her debut single. Its indie pop and soft rock direction accompanies an invitation to loosen our grip, rather than...