Leon Blanchard, a name perhaps faintly echoing from the mid-noughties indie surge, returns not with fanfare, but with a solitary signal flare titled "Astronaut". Hailing from Grimsby, a town known more for its fishing heritage than its celestial aspirations, Blanchard's new song does not really feel like a return, but more like a personal gearbox picked up after years of chatter. In 2007, his old band,...

Listening to Rewind The Mind's new single, "Come On With Me," is like being pulled into a room where the air itself is the color of marmalade. This Brighton outfit builds a foundation that’s both impossibly tight and wonderfully languid; the bassline functions less as an instrument and more as the steady, reliable metronome of your hips, while clean horns slice through the haze....