Seema Farswani’s new single, “Under A Blazing Sun,” shimmers in much like that first blast of heat when you step off a plane somewhere thrillingly unfamiliar – a bright, almost disorienting welcome. The songwriter and producer immediately sets out a clear map of intent: a pop-rock engine chugging with determination, quickly threaded through with the intricate, evocative embroidery of Arabian strings and Middle Eastern...

There is a specific texture to darkness near the sea, a kind of humid weight that Jánnos Eolou captures with startling precision in "Night Beyond". Listening to this album is like walking through a house you lived in twenty years ago: the floorboards creak in familiar places, but the furniture has been rearranged just enough to make you question your own memory. https://open.spotify.com/album/13nZr5TejxHZJ6VOeKA0pi?si=yZSLjF47Ro2FwoAO6SJ34g Eolou, a veteran...