There is something deliciously conspiratorial about Hidden Shores and the release of the "Neon Silence" EP. I find myself picturing the artist wiping chalk dust off their hands after a day of teaching elementary schoolers, only to go home, dim the lights, and converse with algorithms. It’s not your typical moonlighting gig; while most are decompressing with reality TV, Hidden Shores is out there...

“For a while” sounds harmless until it is attached to a person. Then it can mean avoidance, longing, hope, or the kind of half-promise that keeps a conversation open long after it should have ended. Joely knows the phrase has weight. Her new 3:38 single, takes that compact title and gives it a deeply personal frame. She has called “For a While” the most personal thing...