Listening to the new EP from Mahto & The Loose Balloons, “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue,” is like opening a wooden box found in an attic. The contents aren't keepsakes, but vows—four jagged promises made to oneself in the quiet aftermath of a great uncoupling. https://open.spotify.com/album/3tCZ38eK4scP2ncv8ga7WM?si=RJGgjZhlQSWNOxxaRbKPZg This is music that breathes the air of the room it was born in. Mahto Addison-Browder’s voice...

Stephen H. Cumberbatch, also known as C’batch, has released the "Next Time (I Won’t Be Falling)" EP, an obsessively multifaceted autopsy of romantic relapse. Reimagining the exact same song across four distinct genres is a fascinating choice. Frankly, it perfectly mirrors the cyclical trap his lyrics describe: swearing off that one fiercely magnetic person, only to slide helplessly right back into their orbit. We...