Before listening to a single note of Suris’ new album, “Pertinax”, I spent a few minutes just looking at the word. Pertinax. It has the distinct ring of a Stoic philosopher’s last defiant utterance or maybe a type of beetle known for its unusually stubborn shell. What a curious flag to fly for a collection of songs in an age of fleeting distraction. But...

Sometimes, being someone's support system starts to feel like being caught in the same story on repeat. They make the same choices, ignore every warning, watch the consequences unfold, and somehow end up back at your door expecting another rescue.  Cozzie's “Up Must Come Down” taps into that familiar frustration, turning the exhausting cycle of bad decisions and second chances into a song about finally...