With the release of the single "Play Me A Christmas Song", Stephen Dowd manages to bottle the very specific, blue-hued silence that falls over a living room once the wrapping paper has been cleared away. It is a curious thing, really, how a melody can act less like a sound wave and more like the smell of a candle that was blown out five...

The Berlin dark alternative band Saline Grace turns city loneliness, gothic folk textures, and Ricardo Hoffmann's voice into a gripping late-night listen. Hit play and 'Rooms To Let' feels like stepping into an apartment that still remembers its last tenant. The air is calm, but something is wrong. A chair sits too neatly. A hallway stretches too long. Saline Grace know exactly how to make stillness...