A harbour can make a private decision feel ceremonial. Ropes loosen, the hull shifts, and the body learns that departure is sometimes less dramatic than staying put. That quiet threshold sits at the center of Dave Des and his debut album 'Catharsis Caught', a nine-track release that listens to change with the care of someone who has lived long enough to know that release rarely...

The title of Rusty Reid’s new single, "Attitude Change," has the sterile ring of a corporate warning, which makes the desperate, heart-on-the-floor plea within it all the more jarring. This is the sound of the final straw, a melodic ultimatum delivered while someone else in the room is looking at the baby, or the TV, or anywhere but at the person whose love is...