Ava Valianti represents something increasingly rare in contemporary music: genuine precocity without artifice. This Massachusetts artist, who is only fifteen years old, handles general themes with a level of emotional depth that is shocking. She shows that youth can bring out the best in complicated human experiences, rather than hiding them. "Distant," her sixth single, functions as a sonic archaeology of friendship's dissolution. The track excavates layers...

Parked Outside forces us directly into the deep, uncomfortable dimensions of our own subconscious with their new original single, "Whispers of 1000 Dreams Ago". Operating out of Los Angeles and Houston, former "Six Days Off" bandmates Chris Kinkade and Slayden Clarkson have reunited here alongside Mike Brown and Brett Busch. https://open.spotify.com/track/0DZP6D0x3uTL3dqygJ14n7?si=254589c6eff54943 Together, they conjure a bizarre and highly potent atmospheric mutation. The track begins brooding and heavily...