Owen Young’s “Three” EP is like finding a worn, familiar photograph in an old box, only to discover the person in the picture is wearing a lampshade. It’s deeply personal, yet jarringly relevant to the world spinning outside my window. We are dealing with themes of impermanence, the kind that makes you check if the stove is off, twice, every time. You can tell...

Anxiety gets a body, a corner and a countdown on IamSnap’s "Last Round". The Australian hip-hop artist turns depression and anxiety into a live opponent, then refuses to give that opponent the final word. Featuring Lydia Caesar, this new single runs on friction: blunt rap passages that name procrastination, self-doubt and creative paralysis, followed by a chorus that reaches for daylight without pretending the fight has...