The latest from Jacob and the Starry Eyed Shadows, “Racing on the Back Straight,” performs a fantastic trick: it dresses up a full-blown existential crisis in its summer best and sends it to the beach. This Glasgow solo architect, Jacob, has constructed a Trojan horse of a track, all propulsive indie rock guitars and a pop-punk chorus so immediate it feels like you’ve known...

Ferdinand Rennie, the Austrian-born musical theatre veteran currently based in Scotland, has unveiled an unabashedly joyful return with the re-released single "Summer, Roses and Wine". After a three-decade career navigating the heavy emotional artillery of stage epics like Les Misérables, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Elisabeth, alongside his 2022 run on Britain’s Got Talent, Rennie’s turn toward bright, fiercely upbeat Euro-pop feels wonderfully unexpected. https://open.spotify.com/track/7b6Cw2jJExxp25949iLl0s?si=0a2f6cba1fea4a86 The narrative...