With the release of the single "Play Me A Christmas Song", Stephen Dowd manages to bottle the very specific, blue-hued silence that falls over a living room once the wrapping paper has been cleared away. It is a curious thing, really, how a melody can act less like a sound wave and more like the smell of a candle that was blown out five...

The song's emotional content—which revolves around feelings of attraction, enjoying passions, being enticing, and being seduced—makes it likely that it will remain stuck in your head. "Bare Options" is the name of Suki Bedeaux's latest single, which captures the raw and complicated world of romance and intimacy with its 'Alt Fusion' delivery and distinctively British sound. Bedeaux is an artist from Brixton, South London. Embracing unique...