Listening to Arnold J.’s new single, "Muddy Waters," isn't quite like anything else swirling around right now. It arrives with the gentle insistence of incoming tide, pulling you into its specific gravity. Arnold J., Ghanaian-born and now Canada-based, weaves a sound tagged as alt-country and folk, but those labels feel thin, like trying to contain smoke. There’s earthiness, sure, but his soulful vocal lines...

As the name of the song implies, the purpose of this music is to improve your mood with each passing second and minute that you spend listening to it. Radwulf and Zero Sugar were aware of their roles in the song, and they played them to the best of their abilities. The music that has been given the moniker "Better" is the kind of song...