Matt Nation drops "April’s Fool," and I am instantly struck by the sheer exhaustion of loving a hologram. The Brooklyn-born, LA-based artist has a knack for dissolving the borders between alt-pop, R&B, and nu-disco, but here, he channels a soul-stirring pop-punk urgency through a laid-back, indie-pop filter. https://open.spotify.com/track/7rPHpg1lXMiQFFuuIX9ZT5 It is a strange, brilliant contrast. A melancholic chord loop cycles endlessly, creating a flowing foundation for Nation's...

British Ghanaian artist Ginius blends Afro-fusion and R&B in her self-produced track "Come," capturing the emotional evolution from isolation to connection. “Come”, the self-produced track by Ginius depicts the stage of dating where you mourning the old whiles trying to embrace the new. One may describe the song as the phase where you go and call on your creator (God) simply because one’s feelings have been...