Belgian multi-instrumentalist Jan Geysen pulls the curtains tight on his haunting new single, "Should I". Hailing from Brasschaat, the emerging slowcore artist acts as a one-man cinematic orchestra, handling every instrument himself to conjure a profoundly isolating, neo-noir atmosphere. He draws from the deep wells of Mark Lanegan and Leonard Cohen, carrying their heavy torch into a uniquely tender kind of doom. https://open.spotify.com/album/3jHtCQ4621ocGjlE1qsYmy?si=fyk9UTGkT7qDgxWF7cunDw The music thrives...

For a man who has authored over 300 compositions, the French guitarist Arnito somehow still sounds entirely untethered on his latest release, "Musiques de mon monde, vol.4". When a musician hits their twenty-seventh album, you usually expect them to settle gracefully into a predictable chair. Arnito, alternatively, rips up the floorboards. The guitar-driven record acts as an intensely felt invitation to explore a map...