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....

Faint Halos smash headlong into our digitally fragmented reality with "I Don't Want to Know," an urgent, anxiety-laced blast of alt-rock. The Philadelphia band steered by founder and songwriter Paul Hashemi alongside Miguel Padro, Bill Hallinan, and Matt Cieljka has explicitly declared war on the modern crisis of engagement. Following their 2024 album "I can see a million lights", they continue to completely bypass sterile,...