When Blond Jesus released the breathless new single "Karma Buddy," he perfectly bottled the sheer, stomach-dropping terror of blowing up a perfectly safe friendship. There is an agonizing electricity in realizing you want something entirely different from someone you've known forever, and this track sprints headfirst into that exact moment of anxiety. https://open.spotify.com/album/3JwfBy3lewo48u7UloyjsN?si=iLL1viyySWKKoS8KHjNBwg Sonically, the guitars utterly refuse to sit still. Rooted deeply in the massive,...

Some songs arrive with a chorus built for the group chat. Shannon Darcy’s ‘Treasures and Gold’ comes in closer. This alternative pop rock single centres on a far less tidy feeling: caring about somebody who has repeatedly made you feel unwanted, then realising that their behaviour cannot keep writing your value for you. ‘Treasures and Gold’ shifts Darcy from the defiant heat of "Control Freak" into...