Matt Nation drops "April’s Fool," and I am instantly struck by the sheer exhaustion of loving a hologram. The Brooklyn-born, LA-based artist has a knack for dissolving the borders between alt-pop, R&B, and nu-disco, but here, he channels a soul-stirring pop-punk urgency through a laid-back, indie-pop filter. https://open.spotify.com/track/7rPHpg1lXMiQFFuuIX9ZT5 It is a strange, brilliant contrast. A melancholic chord loop cycles endlessly, creating a flowing foundation for Nation's...

When Tim Camrose drops a track like "Break The Chains," you have to pause and rewire your expectations of grief. Here is a singer-songwriter from the Northwest of England who spent forty years as a surgeon and professor, operating on human bodies before returning to his roots to tend to emotional fractures. https://open.spotify.com/track/1OtSCD3BU8T5HS6JT2ZXQL?si=gXnTpjfrQiathydZk0GWzg This single wraps its heavy origins penned during a final trip to New...