Australian solo artist StarAV just shared an intensely vulnerable new single, “falling down.” The multi-talented producer and lyricist harnesses atmospheric breakcore to chart a deeply personal journey through profound guilt, self-loathing, and the painful realities of a destructive past dynamic. https://open.spotify.com/album/3zHvjsJ5xkcjwxO0JPlSV7?si=bLLEXpJESN2oMDV94_Pv2g It begins with an entirely empty, sweeping drone that echoes endlessly, feeling like an abandoned sanctuary. I initially braced for a gentle meditation on regret....

Listening to Bloomfield Machine's new seventeen-track instrumental album, “Copium,” feels a bit like stepping into a terrarium during a quiet downpour. The title itself suggests a kind of modern, knowing self-delusion, the balm we apply just to get by. Yet, the music crafted by Huntington Beach’s Brian Kassan is far too sincere for pure cynicism. This isn’t the sound of giving up; it’s the...