Listening to Bloomfield Machine's new seventeen-track instrumental album, “Copium,” feels a bit like stepping into a terrarium during a quiet downpour. The title itself suggests a kind of modern, knowing self-delusion, the balm we apply just to get by. Yet, the music crafted by Huntington Beach’s Brian Kassan is far too sincere for pure cynicism. This isn’t the sound of giving up; it’s the...

Relationships are rarely as flawless as the curated photo dumps we see on social media. They are messy, complicated, and require constant recalibration. Columbus-based husband and wife duo Tre Nash & Jenesis understand this reality perfectly. Instead of giving us another collection of generic love songs, they have dropped "In Tandem", a ten-track album that feels like a late-night conversation with your closest friends about what...