Listening to the opening of Michellar’s "Truth Over Lies" is like being dropped mid-sentence into a conversation you desperately need to hear. This track, which features Frankie El, doesn't ease you in; it puts you on the "shaky ground" it sings about, a state of profound vertigo that reminds me of the low, anxious hum an old CRT television used to make just before...

Dropping the act can be harder than playing the part. Edison makes that decision the subject of 'Spread My Wings'. The pop single addresses a turning point and the choice of honesty. Behind the name is London-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mike Evans. Here, piano, strings and stacked harmonies surround a personal concern: how to stop hiding and live more openly. Silverstar Records released the single on...