Hampshire-based songwriter Kate Harding spins pure hindsight into shimmering indie pop rock on her new single, "THE DOPAMINE HIGH AIN'T LOVE". Finding her recording voice at forty after a health scare forced a reset, Harding wastes zero time mincing words. She takes aim directly at the intoxicating, painful trap of emotional manipulation. https://open.spotify.com/album/23thpH06WrBgGoBn2Z3lru?si=SMG5rKQiTp6R0b5WMyk78w The music tricks you beautifully. The melody relies on a bright, fast-paced rhythm...

SERAh's new single, "Favorite Game", which features female vocalist Summer Rona, is the kind of track that feels less like it was composed and more like it was captured—a distress signal from a beautiful, dying star. The sound here is a curious contradiction. It’s vast and cinematic, shimmering with the sort of synthesized light that promises galaxies, but its heart is small, cramped, and...