Press play and Spinors come in like someone has kicked open a factory door during a power cut. "Choose to Believe" has grease on its hands, bright lights in its eyes, and a hook that knows exactly how to get a crowd moving. This is alternative rock with a steampunk coat, but the engine underneath is very current: post-truth panic, social media loops, shiny consumer...

The Madrid-based singer-songwriter Elif Coskun turns a soft, cinematic alt-pop single into a clear-eyed hit of memory, forgiveness, and emotional honesty. Some songs hit because they say the messy thing before you are ready to admit it. Elif Coskun's "The Hardest Part" does exactly that, then lets the feeling hang there. This cinematic single from the Madrid-based singer-songwriter, shocks through care, not anger. That may sound...