Australian solo artist StarAV just shared an intensely vulnerable new single, “falling down.” The multi-talented producer and lyricist harnesses atmospheric breakcore to chart a deeply personal journey through profound guilt, self-loathing, and the painful realities of a destructive past dynamic. https://open.spotify.com/album/3zHvjsJ5xkcjwxO0JPlSV7?si=bLLEXpJESN2oMDV94_Pv2g It begins with an entirely empty, sweeping drone that echoes endlessly, feeling like an abandoned sanctuary. I initially braced for a gentle meditation on regret....

RISE’s new single, “Lost For Words,” doesn’t sound like the slow, sad end of a relationship; it sounds like the starting pistol for the next phase of a life. Here is an anthem that throws its shoulders back, propelled by a velocity that feels less like running away and more like accelerating toward something certain. Alex Mahoney’s drumming provides a relentless forward momentum, a...