'Mr Discreet' feels like the soundtrack to a message you probably should not send, but send anyway. It has that late-night confidence, the sort that sits between a smirk and a confession. Danny Induce is not chasing noise here. He is chasing a mood: private attraction, careful moves, locked-screen romance, and the funny little thrill of keeping things quiet while the feeling gets louder. Danny Induce...

Dylan Forshner's new EP, “Hopeless Optimism,” presents itself not so much as a collection of songs but as a series of candid diary entries set to intricately picked acoustic strings. This five-song journey from the Welland, Canada artist begins in a place of palpable internal wrestling, where the lyrics – and Forshner’s delivery – map out the grim territories of being overwhelmed, using substances...