Sam Ostler’s new single, “Lights,” then. It unfolds less like a sudden, intrusive glare and more like the slow, determined burn of a really good stage light finally finding its mark after a prolonged blackout. It’s pop, yes, vibrant and undeniably contemporary as advertised – clean lines, clear intentions. Yet, there’s a certain satisfying heft beneath the melodic uplift, a feeling that these notes...

You can feel the heat radiating off this project from the very first second. Lylantz has dropped an album that acts as a twenty-track inferno, demanding your immediate attention from the jump. The sheer scale of the project is staggering, offering an intense look into the mind of an artist who refuses to play it safe. "Zero" is heavy, unapologetic, and completely unbothered by traditional...