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....

Because we all struggle with the same things, we take it for granted that music will be easy to understand. A new song by Dre Carlan titled "Hope" was just released recently. In it, he recounts some of the more sensitive incidents that have occurred in his life. His parents struggled with their health while raising him as an only child, and it is the subject...