Janet Devlin releases "Candy", and she sounds like she’s wearing a smirk that could stop traffic. This track doesn't tiptoe; it struts. From the jump, we are met with a rhythmic, plucking string vibration a gritty, staccato backbone that acts like the nervous system of the song. It’s propelled by a heavy, stomping beat that feels authoritative, the kind of pulse that makes you...

London-based band Harsh Language recently dropped their staggering new single "Helium Heart," successfully capturing the untethered, dizzying panic of sudden grief. The three-piece Sean Shreeve, Rob Green, and Alec Albury wrestle with an incredibly difficult headspace here. They boldly smash the raw, muscular grit of progressive metalcore against the bruised melancholy of electronica, forging an aggressively heavy, boundary-defying soundscape. https://open.spotify.com/track/2ObVXZYfe16OiJd44zSSIy?si=00913aad74f2461a Grief is a chaotic animal, and...