Listening to Loup Miracle’s new EP, “Back To You”, feels a bit like trying to navigate by stars through a suddenly unfamiliar city. The French outfit, steered by Vincent Leservoisier alongside Paul Douvier and Miguel Romero Sulbaran (with input here from Pierre Szabo and Issara), crafts art rock that’s simultaneously groovy and deeply unsettling. These three songs thrum with the push-and-pull of modern existence...

With the release of "Fame Us", Warmpth, the solo operating vehicle of Isle of Wight native Chris Smallwood, has constructed something that feels less like a track and more like a nervous twitch set to a disco beat. Warmpth is a musical distinctness engine, utilising a rigorous setup of hardware synths, guitars, and self-recorded samples to create a soundscape that sits awkwardly, yet brilliantly,...