Before a guitar chord can become an argument, it usually begins as a private disturbance. A television flickers in a locked-down room. A former sailor sees an old enemy image placed beside a strange public gesture of peace. That is the uneasy ground beneath "War Killer," the Reetoxa and it gives the track its charge: not polish for its own sake, but a human reaction...

Julia Faulks arrives with her single "Dig Deep," and the title itself feels like instructions for listening. You don’t just skim this track; it asks for a shovel, metaphorically speaking. Faulks, hailing from Surrey, sings of a love that’s frankly enormous – the kind that fills the room, rearranges the furniture, and demands constant, devoted attention. It's that giddy, spinning feeling, yes, but tethered...