Right, so Georgian composer Tornike Tabatadze, under the name Sizmara, presents this single track, "Mimosa". Not the brunch drink, mind you, though maybe it shares a certain bright quietude? No, this is aiming for the stars. Literally. It’s intended as a sonic voyage through cosmic elegance – galaxies, all that jazz. https://open.spotify.com/album/38KLyFscia2WN36fsUOVSQ Tabatadze merges classical piano sensibilities, though subtly here, with these breathing ambient layers. It’s...

Aleutians’ new single, "Osiris," arrives sounding for all the world like a breezy afternoon on the coast, jangly and familiar. The New Brighton project creates the sort of wistful guitar pop that should be soundtracking a montage of fondly-remembered mistakes. But then you catch the words, and the cheerful tide turns into something much colder, pulling you out from a safe shore. https://open.spotify.com/track/627Ecj7hDLFbdo6keMsoiy?si=e23e5a17cef24947 The whole affair...