Helena May’s new single, “Side Effects,” doesn’t just enter a room; it strides in with the kind of confident, hip-swinging swagger that makes you instinctively check your own posture. This is Brit-Funk with a capital F, built on a groove that feels less like a rhythm and more like a wry, talkative companion. It’s got that specific, indefinable warmth of an old analogue recording,...

M3G’s new single "De-Anchored" arrives with the sudden, unsettling chill of a cold draft in a locked room. The Chippenham singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has spent the last four years quietly honing her craft on local live circuits, but this release forcefully drags us out into the open sea. https://open.spotify.com/track/0qumUCsQRjs9dnN1KnNuBl?si=6d50b88ab85c45e1 It starts with a deceptive kind of comfort. A gentle, rhythmic acoustic chord progression rocks steadily back...