Irish songwriter Barry Walsh aims straight for the stratosphere with his new single, "Star Ride." Decades removed from his stint leading ’90s power-pop outfit The Fireflys, Walsh is currently making music out of his home studio in Trim, Co. Meath, where he handles all production and instrumentation duties in collaboration with his son. https://open.spotify.com/track/72dSBhPQiQOJzRitdpJ5py?si=6392584b5a6d4dc4 The result is a supersonic rush of celestial pop that wears its...

Heartbreak is loud enough before anyone turns it into content. RYNB’s “Therapy” takes the opposite route: the pop R&B and trap soul single brings the listener into the quiet moment after the argument, when leaving begins to feel safer than explaining. It is the first release in his Rexius Records rollout, and it makes its point fast. The need for healing is not framed as...