Right then, let’s talk about MYLEZ and the new single "Open Your Eyes". This track landed like a late-night text message you know you shouldn’t read but absolutely will – a compulsive throb of House music underpinning a familiar, aching plea. MYLEZ, apparently shaping sounds since the tender age of 13 up in Ter Apelkanaal, lays out a narrative here that’s raw around the...

The fastest pop songs arrive like a notification. Ben Lester’s self-titled debut does something more interesting: it lets the listener wait for the message to finish forming. Across 13 tracks for Mayfield Records, the London singer, songwriter, performer and producer turns patience into part of the pleasure. The result is indie pop with an arranger’s discipline, a record built for people who like a chorus but...