Ferdinand Rennie’s “Someone to Remember Me” (Remake 2025 Version) arrives with the quiet confidence of a man who has looked at the map of his life more than a few times. This isn’t the sound of ambition clawing its way up a wall; it’s the sound of someone standing on the summit, looking back at the long path and wondering about the shape of...

The latest from Jacob and the Starry Eyed Shadows, “Racing on the Back Straight,” performs a fantastic trick: it dresses up a full-blown existential crisis in its summer best and sends it to the beach. This Glasgow solo architect, Jacob, has constructed a Trojan horse of a track, all propulsive indie rock guitars and a pop-punk chorus so immediate it feels like you’ve known...