Attack the Sound's "Love is War: Packed" EP is... a thing. A Chi-Pop thing, specifically. Chicago's own ATS is back, celebrating five years since the original "Love is War" single dropped, and they've decided to, well, pack it. Like a suitcase full of emotional baggage you're not sure you want to unpack. https://open.spotify.com/album/1d92wk2RdBsZy409vEXiM8?si=IDZjOJKYQ5G_JsIX49vl_g The central theme, in case the title didn't bludgeon you with it, is...

Eye of TJ, the Mobile, Alabama solo artist known as the digital soul of modern heartbreak, has shared a devastating lead single, "This Time". It serves as the primary preview of his forthcoming album, "Endless War", by dropping us headfirst into an emotional blast radius. https://open.spotify.com/track/0kKDFZZGDwnfOAuk6GIZMY?si=b82f44e6182e4ad2 There is a specific, agonizing point in a doomed relationship where you realize that acting as human superglue for someone...