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...

Fiona Amaka wrestles with the sheer, terrifying weight of human dependency on her sweeping single, "Anyway you come". The London-based singer-songwriter usually spins driving rock guitars and chill Americana into a tough, bluesy concoction. Here, she sheds the armor entirely for soft rock vulnerability. She is actively begging a loved one to stay, throwing logic out the window in favor of raw, undeniable need. https://open.spotify.com/track/6iYDS9dmAa0EPtIwVDj9g3?si=yJbYlmr5Tr-JEwMG2hIaJQ There...