Rome-based multi-instrumentalist Komaframe has returned with "Clouds in the Mirror," an atmospheric post-rock single that treats mood like an architectural blueprint. Rooted in an evocative reinvention of vintage new wave, the instrumental piece pulses with deliberate momentum, driven by a persistent rhythmic engine that never quite lets the ground settle beneath your feet. https://open.spotify.com/track/63OnVBeP0ASl5ZsbePSoEi?si=YLLw07QwRZ6J7jKot39dAQ Over this continuous pulse, a high-pitched, delay-soaked melody loops and cascades overhead,...

Listening to Loup Miracle’s new EP, “Back To You”, feels a bit like trying to navigate by stars through a suddenly unfamiliar city. The French outfit, steered by Vincent Leservoisier alongside Paul Douvier and Miguel Romero Sulbaran (with input here from Pierre Szabo and Issara), crafts art rock that’s simultaneously groovy and deeply unsettling. These three songs thrum with the push-and-pull of modern existence...