Leon Blanchard, a name perhaps faintly echoing from the mid-noughties indie surge, returns not with fanfare, but with a solitary signal flare titled "Astronaut". Hailing from Grimsby, a town known more for its fishing heritage than its celestial aspirations, Blanchard's new song does not really feel like a return, but more like a personal gearbox picked up after years of chatter. In 2007, his old band,...

Shi-N0bi completely caught me off guard with "Something about you", delivering a bright, driving rush of blood straight to the head. Operating from a home studio in Musicity, Ireland, Shi-N0bi poured three months into building these dynamic instrumentals from scratch in Fender Studio Pro, meticulously breathing life into the vocals via Dreamtonics Synthesizer V Studio 2. https://open.spotify.com/track/3guXPWjDZxLprei4JfvOdw?si=A9T1t29WTi6egzlda7irLg Far from leaning on automation, genuine human heart...