Let’s be clear about Social Gravy’s re-released single, “Fools”: this is not a song that uses metaphor as a shield. From its first snarling chords, this track, a furious time capsule from 2016 unearthed by Brad Kohn and Vee Bordukov, feels less like a composition and more like a brick heaved through a stained-glass window. It’s a raw-throated accusation, a two-by-four of a protest...

Records feel like opening your notes app at 1:17 a.m., seeing the message you almost sent, then choosing peace instead. Kay Soul's "Anybody Out There," lives in that exact emotional pocket. It is a soulful R&B single about getting yourself back after toxic love has rearranged your confidence, your language, and your idea of home. The hook is the title itself: a question that reaches outward,...