Nottingham-based solo artist Euplasia has briefly stepped away from the intense realities of the NHS frontlines to deliver "Hallayoola", a hyper-colorful, foot-stomping indie rock single. After devoting years to fatherhood and public healthcare, you might expect his return to music to carry the heavy, exhausted weight of those environments. Instead, we get pure, unapologetic serotonin. https://open.spotify.com/track/1YJLFmaBVsQkyOzrvWpMOw?si=7de57aa7e02e49ba Following his recent drop "You Wonder" (which will also serve...

There is a peculiar kind of engine at the heart of "Half Evil" by Tomato Soup, and it runs not on gasoline but on disorientation. The Denver six-piece calls their sound "Motor-Folk," and it fits. The track has the chugging, forward-moving momentum of a vehicle, yet it seems to be driving through a landscape seen in a fever dream, where the signposts are all...