“U Wish” understands the pull of a text you promised yourself you would not check again. Tracy Pham’s EP stays close to attraction’s small after-effects, then lets them carry the drama. The original project holds onto clothes left behind, remembered touch and the choice to keep someone near. This is a melody-led EP that treats hesitation as information, rather than a flaw. Pham comes to that...

To understand a song like “Over And Over,” you first have to understand the road it travelled to get here. This is not a track that sprang fully formed from a young artist’s ambition. It’s a gnarled, weathered thing, carrying the dust of a long and winding path. The artist, Block, is a name that echoes from the raucous, DIY-spirited New York anti-folk scene of...