Nasty Passion is back, and “Nasty” puts that fact first. The track opens the band’s upcoming album campaign. It also marks a clear move for a group reunited after years apart. Hollywood’s Sunset Strip culture shaped Nasty Passion in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band built its name on high-energy rock, memorable live work and raw attitude. “Nasty” carries that history into a fresh...

Ghosting rarely gets the courtesy of a final scene. Steph Casey gives it one anyway, filling it with overdriven guitar, drums, split-octave vocals and a chorus ready to answer back. “10,000 Hail Marys” is a grunge-pop and punk-pop single about the guilt left behind when a relationship ends in disappearance. Casey makes the unanswered message move at full speed, turning frustration into release. The Kapiti Coast singer-songwriter...