The title of Rusty Reid’s new single, "Attitude Change," has the sterile ring of a corporate warning, which makes the desperate, heart-on-the-floor plea within it all the more jarring. This is the sound of the final straw, a melodic ultimatum delivered while someone else in the room is looking at the baby, or the TV, or anywhere but at the person whose love is...

The Confederation have release "Hypergravity", an album that feels more like a philosophical puzzle than a holiday soundtrack. Hailing from Coventry, a city defined by its resilience and its history of reinvention, this musical collective, spearheaded by the mysterious Simon, has constructed a Gothic Opera for the internet age. It's a sprawling, ambitious work designed for the stage, a narrative that grapples with the very nature...