Deleting a text thread is easy. Deleting the person who changed the meaning of a street, a guitar chord, or a quiet afternoon is another matter. That friction powers “Washed Away,” Laji George’s new alternative rock single, a four-minute release that turns the fantasy of erasing a former love into a pressure point. The New York singer, songwriter, and Pseutopia frontman borrows the premise of Eternal...

With a name like that, you expect a certain solitary drift, so when Earth-o-Naut’s “Bring The Light” kicks in, the effect is disarming. Here is a vessel, piloted by a single Liverpudlian architect of sound, that feels impossibly full. This isn't the cold echo of the void; it's a warm, inhabited space, anchored by the legendary propulsion of Steve White on drums. His groove...