Robin James Hurt’s “A Song, A Story Told” arrives with a sound you can almost run a thumb over, like worn corduroy. In an age of sterile, diamond-polished productions, this album is a defiantly handmade thing, tracked onto vintage cassette machines. The result is not a flaw, but an ingredient. A faint, persistent hiss breathes alongside the instruments, a ghost in the machine who...

UK-based songwriting duo Bradby Sings capture the wildly unhinged chaos of an obsessive new crush on their newest single, “Sing Out Loud”. Usually operating away from the spotlight to create poignant, guitar-led pop strictly for film, television, and internet creators, the pair currently refrain from performing live. Here, though, they enthusiastically demand your undivided attention. https://open.spotify.com/album/4rKKxoQ3Jk7uRMwCz8jwfL?si=1B2eX_kDQruMmnzjkfRqJw The arrangement leans deeply into their theatrical pop-rock sensibilities, cautiously...