FLAVUS NOVA’s new single, “Blur,” kind of snagged on my ear the first time through, like catching a thread on a splinter. There's an immediate, uncomfortable honesty to it. This isn't background music for sorting your sock drawer, unless your socks are currently staging a tiny, threadbare rebellion against perpetual use. https://open.spotify.com/track/5gscoLfTvvYunm9hfyOOZp?si=0c71f009834440a7 The Northern Ireland native, now navigating the UK/Ireland scene, paints a stark picture here....

Adam Brice's "Never Is Too Late" landed on my desk – or, rather, materialized in my digital ether – and I've been wrestling with its echoes ever since. It's a curious beast, this album. Part rock anthem, part campfire confessional, with a splash of country twang that somehow doesn't feel out of place, which has themes running circles like wild horses, settling down around...