Tag: Baylee Dowling Not Turning Back

Shades of Gray: lumin Weaves Complexity in “On My Own”

Listening to lumin's "On My Own" feels a bit like finding a thoughtfully folded note tucked into the spine of a library book you weren’t looking for. It unfolds a specific kind of disorientation, that modern ache of feeling adrift while supposedly surrounded by connection points. Lumin, a solo creator working out of Hurst, crafts this sentiment not with grand despair, but with a...

The Unwavering Resolve of Sam Ostler’s “Lights”

Sam Ostler’s new single, “Lights,” then. It unfolds less like a sudden, intrusive glare and more like the slow, determined burn of a really good stage light finally finding its mark after a prolonged blackout. It’s pop, yes, vibrant and undeniably contemporary as advertised – clean lines, clear intentions. Yet, there’s a certain satisfying heft beneath the melodic uplift, a feeling that these notes...

Baylee Dowling’s “Not Turning Back”: When Life’s Softness Hits Hardest

It’s strange to think about silence as a form of noise, isn’t it? The kind that fills a room after you've heard something so...