Listening to TaniA Kyllikki’s new single, “I PROMISE (I'll Wait For You)”, is like stumbling upon a vow carved into the stone of a forgotten chapel. This is an epic power ballad, a genre that too often inflates emotion into melodrama, but Kyllikki, alongside producer Rynellton, constructs something with a different kind of gravity. It is an architectural feat, built from piano chords that...

Listening to Loup Miracle’s new EP, “Back To You”, feels a bit like trying to navigate by stars through a suddenly unfamiliar city. The French outfit, steered by Vincent Leservoisier alongside Paul Douvier and Miguel Romero Sulbaran (with input here from Pierre Szabo and Issara), crafts art rock that’s simultaneously groovy and deeply unsettling. These three songs thrum with the push-and-pull of modern existence...