Manchester neo-soul and hip hop artist SYLL dismantles our collective addiction to yesterday on his latest single, "Used to be". Nostalgia is a brilliant liar. We drape our memories in a protective, sentimental hue, stubbornly convinced that life was infinitely better before. SYLL, harnessing the golden-era DNA of influences like D'Angelo and Common, confronts this rosy retrospective head-on. https://open.spotify.com/album/5U1VXaRgCnXYf4x3ilmDkS?si=fMAAVeH_SZGmPYEfR1PwAQ The release offers two distinct sonic mirrors....

Hearing Max Mayer’s single “Someday I’ll Fly” feels a bit like eavesdropping on a very specific, very modern kind of prayer whispered over a crackling phone line. Here we have this London-based musician, grappling with the magnetic pull of ambition against the equally strong tether of a heart miles away. The song lives squarely in that awkward, stretching space between here and there. https://open.spotify.com/track/6Gupo1O4sJok4Ku6qcTQOz?si=4Eu-s9UUTZiZH4Qo8piuUQ It’s country-inspired...