Mike Stewart Theory’s new single, “It Reaches Us,” feels less like a piece of music and more like a strange meteorological event happening inside your head. You’re immediately dropped into a groove that has the smooth, shoulder-rolling confidence of 80s soul, but something is off in the atmosphere. The air is thick with a psychedelic haze, a sense of temporal displacement that is both...

Bechill turns a 3 a.m. thought loop into raw material. “State of Mind”, her 2026 single, faces that feeling without a neat self-help lesson. This single review finds a Sydney artist using alt hip-hop, electronic pop, and alternative R&B to address creative doubt and mental strain. It is tense, direct, and made for listeners who have stared at a notes app longer than they meant to. Bechill...