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...

With the release of AKA Primetime’s latest single, "Electric Blue", I found myself instinctively checking if the heating in my apartment was actually on, or if the sudden warmth was just bleeding out of the speakers. Kelly Appleton, the architect behind this project, has constructed something that tackles the dreaded ‘seasonal slump’ not with a cozy wool blanket, but with a sheer, neon-drenched shock...