The Bitter Lemons have officially unleashed "Peel A Little Deeper", a debut album that takes a jagged piece of glass to the glossy veneer of everyday life. Hailing from Birmingham, this rock ’n’ roll and psycho-blues outfit built their reputation on fiercely energetic live shows. They have somehow managed to trap that raw, blood-pumping chaos in the studio, completely bypassing the trap of sounding...

Listening to Libby Ember’s single “Alibi” is a study in strange emotional temperatures. The sound is a down-tempo, sun-dusted blanket of soft guitars and gentle synth pads, the kind of arrangement you’d put on to feel safe. But the feeling it leaves behind is a deep, architectural cold, the kind you find in the shadowed corners of an old stone church long after the...