Flavor Wave’s single, “The Optimist,” arrived less like a declaration and more like someone tentatively drawing back a dusty curtain on a grey afternoon. From West Chester, PA, these five lifelong friends – Kyle Loedel (vocals, lyrics), Matthew Stretch (lead guitar), Patrick Blair (rhythm guitar), Noah Montgomery (bass), and Joshua Speaker (performer/drums) – typically tread alternative rock paths nodding to influences like The Strokes....

Lynney Williamson has delivered a pulse-quickening embrace with her remix single, "I See You." There is something inherently charming about a Glasgow artist crafting polished electronic pop within the confines of a walk-in cupboard; it suggests that the most expansive emotions don’t actually need much physical space to breathe. https://open.spotify.com/track/0iNErAKfaPIiQ4OaezZVHZ?si=104e7e6cb01c4405 The track is a shimmering collision of 80s-inspired synth-pop and modern urgency. It hits with a...