Fish And Scale has surfaced from the quiet margins with a massive new pop-rock ballad, dropping the cinematic single "Letter from Paulus" today. The German storyteller and independent folk artist operates with a peculiar mystical touch, one seemingly forged by a childhood near-death experience and years spent tucked away in silent retreats. https://open.spotify.com/track/1tfeCiQX5gSMwbMMdjCfWv?si=8a724fa2787f41b8 All that introspective isolation pours directly into this track. It begins terribly exposed....

Heartbreak hits harder when it refuses to slam the door. Reetoxa's "Love Keeps Burning Still," takes that feeling and gives it piano, strings, and two voices circling the same emotional bruise. Led by Melbourne songwriter and vocalist Jason McKee, the single carries the ache of a marriage that ended, but left warmth behind. It is soft in pace, big in feeling, and built for late-night...