British singer Ferdinand Rennie gives a theatre character's final bow the kind of emotional punch that feels ready for playlists and late-night replays. Some songs walk in wearing a tuxedo and still manage to look a little shaken. That is the pull of "Why Do We Try?", Ferdinand Rennie's 2026 pop ballad with its heart fixed on closing night, fading applause, and the awkward quiet...

Guess Pre's "Clarity." The name itself feels like a punchline missing its joke, or maybe the setup to a philosophical riddle I'm not equipped to solve. Gregory Stanton, the Wisconsin-based artist behind the moniker, has served up a nine-track album that's… well, it's trying to be a lot of things, and surprisingly, mostly succeeding. https://open.spotify.com/album/2hV27eRxEJp08kML02uRW1 This isn't background music for folding laundry. It's more like the...