A breakup can make a person feel certain for a day, then doubtful again by nightfall. Brenna Menz gives that unstable cycle room to breathe on “Shattered Perspectives”, her debut concept pop album. The Seattle singer-songwriter follows a complicated, two-plus-year on-and-off relationship through changing points of view, letting the record move with the feelings instead of forcing them into one final answer. The central story is...

Geo Chandler's new single, “Spent,” arrived like an unexpected late-night espresso – jarring, yes, but with a curiously welcome clarity. It sets out to bottle that bone-deep weariness, the kind where your own thoughts echo a little too loudly in the cavern of your skull, a place where even the dust motes seem to sigh. https://open.spotify.com/track/3UZAFl31kun56K1VCEbmx7?si=67NnS83cSGqiwrfnsPF3xw Chandler, an Edinburgh architect of sound, builds this with a...