The Berlin dark alternative band Saline Grace turns city loneliness, gothic folk textures, and Ricardo Hoffmann's voice into a gripping late-night listen. Hit play and 'Rooms To Let' feels like stepping into an apartment that still remembers its last tenant. The air is calm, but something is wrong. A chair sits too neatly. A hallway stretches too long. Saline Grace know exactly how to make stillness...

Leon Blanchard, a name perhaps faintly echoing from the mid-noughties indie surge, returns not with fanfare, but with a solitary signal flare titled "Astronaut". Hailing from Grimsby, a town known more for its fishing heritage than its celestial aspirations, Blanchard's new song does not really feel like a return, but more like a personal gearbox picked up after years of chatter. In 2007, his old band,...