When Albuquerque solo artist blue pablo dropped "baby, mess me entirely," a deeply unsettling question crawled into the room: why do we so eagerly swallow the very things that tear us apart? https://open.spotify.com/track/0cOvUVf1g8cTeMo07fBSiU?si=qI6PBuP4RGG2LmBMh384fA Working alongside producer Mateo Gutierrez, blue pablo has crafted a hypnotic cut of alternative R&B and dark pop. It begins with a severely visceral sequence chewing glass, slicing gums, digesting, throwing up. That...

Julia Faulks’ new EP, “Colours”, doesn’t so much present a palette as it does the messy, satisfying work of mixing the paints yourself. It's a six-song study in emotional reciprocity, a sonic accounting of what it costs to love and what it means to be loved in return. https://open.spotify.com/album/6o7E8t0HKQCUiu9uINpATo?si=612B0YA9TJCuKfH-ndCupg Faulks operates in that murky, humid space she calls the “in-between,” where affection curdles into obligation and...