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...

Twenty years into their tenure, The Plastic Pals have returned with "Keep it Burning", a record that feels less like a studio product and more like finding a pristine, forgotten leather jacket in a thrift store scuffed, smelling faintly of clove cigarettes, and fitting perfectly. Hailing from Stockholm, this group has managed a strange bit of sonic teleportation. They are Swedish, yes, but the...