Listening to Bloomfield Machine's new seventeen-track instrumental album, “Copium,” feels a bit like stepping into a terrarium during a quiet downpour. The title itself suggests a kind of modern, knowing self-delusion, the balm we apply just to get by. Yet, the music crafted by Huntington Beach’s Brian Kassan is far too sincere for pure cynicism. This isn’t the sound of giving up; it’s the...

Mtnt’s new single, “Limousine (Na Na Na),” arrives with its engine humming a curious tune, promising a collision of "the original sway of Bublé" and M83’s electronic expansiveness. An odd pairing, on paper. Like finding a perfectly tailored tuxedo discarded at a warehouse rave, maybe? Or catching Sinatra’s ghost attempting the robot under a malfunctioning disco ball. The mind, it does wander. https://open.spotify.com/album/7eO3S5ev6plUTpZgVGiRc0?si=yd52gBQ-QeSEpR-15S9uBw This track is...