Listening to The Trusted’s new single, “Levitate,” is to willingly submit to a glorious, well-produced panic attack. From its opening moments, where frontman Tom Cunningham confesses to feeling like something to be discarded in the street, the track establishes a brutal vulnerability before yanking you into the dizzying orbit of another human being. It’s the sound of being so completely poleaxed by infatuation that...

Okay, let's talk about Loup Miracle’s “Drive Me Home.” This isn't your run-of-the-mill Friday night jam, you know? Vincent Leservoisier, Paul Douvier, and Miguel Romero— these guys are wading through something deeper. They've crafted this sonic landscape, a blend of that psychedelic, almost-melting rock with a bluesy undercurrent, but with this strange electronic pulse keeping the whole thing alive. Imagine finding a lost vinyl...