Some songs feel like opening a message you were never meant to read. Agnes Fred's 'After Death' has that private charge, the kind that makes you lower the volume even when you are alone. It is small, strange, and heavy in a way that sneaks up on you. No fireworks. No dramatic chest beating. The track simply appears, pale and close, then leaves a mark...

Right, so, Sleeping Together. Manchester and Liverpool's own four-piece purveyors of… what was it again? Oh yeah, energetic indie rock. "The Essentials," their new single, dropped recently and I think it contains atoms. You know, like everything else. Except maybe thoughts. Are thoughts atoms? My cat doesn't think so. He thinks thoughts are made of tuna. https://open.spotify.com/track/67VYZmYQDqQsOeSbbnmNO3?si=c305f9979ce44321 Anyway, "The Essentials." This tune is all about a...