Megapenny Music makes a radiant entrance with the single “Spaces Between,” offering an expansive look at the accidental poetry of everyday devotion. Built on the creative partnership between founder Al Young a classically trained pianist and custom synthesizer designer returning after a 40-year studio hiatus and a featured French lead vocalist Delphine Savatte, the track trades manufactured melodrama for something observant and patient. Conventional...

This is the kind of breakup track that checks your pulse before you have time to act fine. Drew Swords comes in hot on "Better Without Me?", a 3:32 indie rock single that turns one ugly little question into a full-body rush: what if someone really did get happier after you left? That thought can ruin a perfectly good afternoon. It can also make a chorus...