To engage with the sprawling, twenty-eight-track behemoth that is Rellyo Bambini’s "Cloned & Upgraded, Insert Soul Here (Rebirth Edition)" is to willingly plug your neural pathways into a mainframe that is rapidly overheating. Most artists treat albums like curated dinner parties; Bambini has thrown a rave in a server farm where the dress code is 'Cyberpunk Baroque' and the appetizers are flavored like anxious...

Naomi Jane’s “Measure Forever” approaches romance without the glossy filter, and with that, there are big feelings here.  The song understands that real love is rarely just candlelight and grand declarations. Sometimes, it is imagining your future together while wondering how you will survive someone else’s snoring. Naomi is already looking beyond the present, picturing vows and a shared life, but she never loses sight of...