Listening to Bloomfield Machine's new seventeen-track instrumental album, “Copium,” feels a bit like stepping into a terrarium during a quiet downpour. The title itself suggests a kind of modern, knowing self-delusion, the balm we apply just to get by. Yet, the music crafted by Huntington Beach’s Brian Kassan is far too sincere for pure cynicism. This isn’t the sound of giving up; it’s the...

P0STERGIRL, the Brighton-based purveyor of sardonic art-pop, has dropped a new single, "PARADISE," and, honestly, it's the kind of track that makes you want to simultaneously dance and ponder the heat death of the universe. I think I need new shoes, too. https://open.spotify.com/track/2RM0f0UWF7JumJR9gCxnhI?si=726ed2382cac472e "PARADISE" apparently grapples with optimistic nihilism, which, at first glance, feels like ordering a sugar-free ice cream sundae topped with existential dread. P0STERGIRL,...