GISKE’s "The Sound of Birdsong" doesn’t so much begin as it seeps into the room, like the pale, perpetual twilight of a Norwegian summer night where sleep feels like a theoretical concept. This is a song for the space between the last page of a book and turning off the light; a four-minute float in that strange, conscious stillness when the world is quiet...

Some tracks do not ask for your attention; they simply grab you by the collar and drag you onto the dancefloor. Tyler Shea has managed to do exactly that, but with a twist. His new single "Holly" is a massive, upbeat pop track built entirely around the deeply uncool experience of having a minor panic attack over a text message. It is the sonic equivalent of...