Un-Till’s new single, "Where We Belong," presents itself as a meticulously engineered festival anthem, a gleaming machine of euphoria built for raised hands and summer skies. On its surface, the track is pure, uncut optimism. The synths ascend with a kind of bright-eyed sincerity, the beat has that insistent, chart-friendly pulse that pulls you onto the dancefloor, and the whole production shines with the...

Sam Ostler’s new single, “Lights,” then. It unfolds less like a sudden, intrusive glare and more like the slow, determined burn of a really good stage light finally finding its mark after a prolonged blackout. It’s pop, yes, vibrant and undeniably contemporary as advertised – clean lines, clear intentions. Yet, there’s a certain satisfying heft beneath the melodic uplift, a feeling that these notes...