Anthony Quaid’s newest single, "Do I Scare You?", opens like a thunderstorm in slow motion—the kind where the brewing tension isn’t just in the clouds but between people, between selves. This isn’t just a track for weekend playlists or post-brunch car rides. This is a clenched fist of a song, daring the listener to flinch. Baton Rouge may lie in Quaid’s rearview mirror, but...

There is a particular shade of electric blue that appears on the inside of your eyelids when you rub your eyes too hard, a colour that feels both artificial and deeply biological, and that is precisely where Vacant Shores and their new EP, "Vacant Shores", seem to reside. Jon Elliott, AJ ‘Sid’ Sidford, and Suzy Alderton have managed to capture something peculiarly British here;...