There is a specific texture to the air in Chicago a kind of electric grit but listening to Joey P. unravel his latest project, "MISSING IN ACTION", feels surprisingly like peeling the protective film off a brand-new emotional state. Satisfying, smooth, but with a lingering static charge. This two-song release functions like a handwritten note tucked into a coat pocket, discovered months later when...

  Fuller Hull’s latest single, “Where I Want To Be,” belongs to the latter category. This isn't a track that shouts for attention; instead, it extends a calloused hand, inviting you to sit a spell and consider the quiet currents that shape a life. There are songs that arrive like a sudden downpour on a parched afternoon, and then there are songs that seep in slowly,...