With the release of "Fame Us", Warmpth, the solo operating vehicle of Isle of Wight native Chris Smallwood, has constructed something that feels less like a track and more like a nervous twitch set to a disco beat. Warmpth is a musical distinctness engine, utilising a rigorous setup of hardware synths, guitars, and self-recorded samples to create a soundscape that sits awkwardly, yet brilliantly,...

Recovery does not owe anyone a neat ending. Yet we often want pain to produce a lesson before we let it leave the room. Latifa Reeves' single 'River' resists that bargain. Its concern is survival after trauma, addiction, heartbreak and loss, but its promise stops short of wiping the record clean. The past remains. What changes is its claim on the future. “I was born in a...