Faint Halos smash headlong into our digitally fragmented reality with "I Don't Want to Know," an urgent, anxiety-laced blast of alt-rock. The Philadelphia band steered by founder and songwriter Paul Hashemi alongside Miguel Padro, Bill Hallinan, and Matt Cieljka has explicitly declared war on the modern crisis of engagement. Following their 2024 album "I can see a million lights", they continue to completely bypass sterile,...

The new single from Quentin Moore, “Kiss Your Lips,” doesn’t so much start as it seeps into the room, lowering the lights and raising the temperature by a degree or two. Moore is at the piano, his vocals draping over the notes with the patient weight of heavy silk. The entire thing feels excavated from some lost '70s studio session, a slow jam built...