There is a distinct, intentional haze surrounding Boxwood Ivy and the new single, "Ever for Ever". While the artist chooses anonymity, hiding their face from the Los Angeles glare, the music itself is disarmingly exposed. It doesn’t try to impress you; it sits next to you on the couch and sighs, carrying the weight of a history that feels both personal and universal. https://open.spotify.com/track/6uuHsKs3LSOQGA1tYOW17X?si=6c5a78e318994442 The track...

Seema Farswani’s single, ‘Got My Mojo Working’ featuring Dem-C, has been looping in my head, and it feels less like a track and more like a beautifully vexing predicament set to a very groovy beat. The premise is so disarmingly human, isn't it? This notion of possessing a potent personal magnetism, a kind of everyday folk magic that bends the world just so, only...