Aleutians’ new single, "Osiris," arrives sounding for all the world like a breezy afternoon on the coast, jangly and familiar. The New Brighton project creates the sort of wistful guitar pop that should be soundtracking a montage of fondly-remembered mistakes. But then you catch the words, and the cheerful tide turns into something much colder, pulling you out from a safe shore. https://open.spotify.com/track/627Ecj7hDLFbdo6keMsoiy?si=e23e5a17cef24947 The whole affair...

Annika Bellamy just dropped her original single "Palm Tree," and it instantly triggers an odd but deeply compelling sense of sunny existential whiplash. Based in Southern California with a vibrant mix of Dutch, Indonesian, and European Spanish heritage, Bellamy delivers electronic pop that vibrates with fascinatingly opposed energies. https://open.spotify.com/album/6ivAZ1C2GnRlXzS2F1NPVr It feels like a beach vacation booked mid-crisis. The track is built on a clear invitation to...