Scottish-Portuguese indie duo Forgotten Garden navigates the crushing gravity of regret on their latest single, "Rain." Exploring the bitter, suffocating aftermath of a relationship breakdown, the track zeroes in on a very specific kind of heartbreak: the perspective of a man who confidently walks away believing he will be perfectly fine, only to step squarely into a torrential downpour of his own inescapable grief. https://open.spotify.com/track/6Y2XNfQJwrgUw3nOE1dwq2?si=6c2893048fc94aeb Committed...

Stars Go Dim’s new album, “Roses,” has a peculiar effect; it settles into a room less like music and more like a change in the atmospheric pressure. There’s a plush, amber-toned sound here, a vibe so authentically steeped in 1970s groove that you can almost feel the corduroy under your fingertips. https://open.spotify.com/album/1KS8wbOx2wWw1ce0VdcMgV?si=VRrFtLJDQi-8gD8p8t1BlQ Chris Cleveland’s vocals, smooth and seasoned like worn-in denim, glide over bass lines that...