When I hit play on the Deemon Diamonds Community Choir and their latest offering "Now Christmas Can Begin", I wasn't expecting the sudden urge to check the locks on my front door—not out of fear, but out of a latent, dusty anticipation I haven't felt since I was six years old. https://open.spotify.com/track/4iURbAzzxDLsHch1fKXm36?si=d6fb496a3b4346d6 This collective from Barrow-in-Furness has constructed something curious here. Musically, it is a blanket...

The Perceptions EP by Everything Counts and Christian Mical Schwarz is the label's fourth release of the year and their first collaboration. Toshka and Chris Leon, an Italian-born Salvadoran, have collaborated on a new EP with Freaky Farm frontman Christian Mical Schwarz. The EP includes songs like "Different Clouds," "Date Back," and "Tornado." In order to attract opposites, this partnership combines their opposing styles. A...