Okay, so picture a flamingo trying to tap-dance. That's the kind of delightful weirdness Rosie Belvie’s "CRUSH" embodies. This isn't your run-of-the-mill heart-flutter track. It's like someone took the fizzy feeling of first crush and poured it over a polyrhythmic, funk-splattered canvas. We’re talking the kind of sonic paint that makes you want to move, even if your body doesn't quite know how yet. https://open.spotify.com/track/21ue10Fq3pZVztZzjda63b?si=946be35785984231 There's...

Right, so, Manchester's own Robert McGinty is back. "Reflections," they call it. Twelve classical instrumentals. Twelve! Like the apostles, but...less preachy, more piano-y. It's supposed to be uplifting and joyful, this album, a sequel of sorts, tracking his growth since the debut. Did you know the collective noun for owls is a parliament? Completely unrelated, I know, but owls are wise, and there's a...