TOUCAN – “Cool Side of the Pillow” There’s an immediate sensation here, isn’t there? Like slipping into perfectly temperatured water, or perhaps finding that elusive cool patch on the linen during a humid night. TOUCAN delivers this single with a smoothness that feels less like a production choice and more like an exhale. The vocals are just tender, carrying the weight of shared quiet...

Belgian multi-instrumentalist Jan Geysen pulls the curtains tight on his haunting new single, "Should I". Hailing from Brasschaat, the emerging slowcore artist acts as a one-man cinematic orchestra, handling every instrument himself to conjure a profoundly isolating, neo-noir atmosphere. He draws from the deep wells of Mark Lanegan and Leonard Cohen, carrying their heavy torch into a uniquely tender kind of doom. https://open.spotify.com/album/3jHtCQ4621ocGjlE1qsYmy?si=fyk9UTGkT7qDgxWF7cunDw The music thrives...