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....

Roizys’ “All-night-alone” feels made for the moment when a bad day has run out of arguments. The independent artist from Busto Arsizio, Italy, takes a home-built electronic instrumental and gives it a steady forward push, turning solitude into a practical kind of release. It is a short record, but it knows its job: make room, set a pulse, and keep moving. Roizys, whose birth name is Ioana...