Listening to Hazelize’s “Signal Lost” feels like trying to explain the color blue to someone who only sees in static. The song, born from a Rome home studio, chronicles a communication breakdown so complete it borders on the surreal. This isn’t the sound of a fiery argument; it’s the hollow hum of a dead line, the quiet agony of speaking a language only you...

Ghosting rarely gets the courtesy of a final scene. Steph Casey gives it one anyway, filling it with overdriven guitar, drums, split-octave vocals and a chorus ready to answer back. “10,000 Hail Marys” is a grunge-pop and punk-pop single about the guilt left behind when a relationship ends in disappearance. Casey makes the unanswered message move at full speed, turning frustration into release. The Kapiti Coast singer-songwriter...