Keogea navigates the crushing weight of expected betrayal on his bleak new single "BROKEN PROMISES". The New York City artist combines alternative hip-hop and emo rap into an atmosphere that feels brutally, intensely isolating. https://open.spotify.com/track/1MdCkCvhslCrdlrkAopLFw?si=465d2fd6778247b5 He anchors the track with a somber, plucked melodic loop. It repeats endlessly, mirroring a mind stuck on a painful, inescapable thought. Underneath, a massive, rhythmic bass pulse hits like an...

Right, so, Manchester's own Robert McGinty is back. "Reflections," they call it. Twelve classical instrumentals. Twelve! Like the apostles, but...less preachy, more piano-y. It's supposed to be uplifting and joyful, this album, a sequel of sorts, tracking his growth since the debut. Did you know the collective noun for owls is a parliament? Completely unrelated, I know, but owls are wise, and there's a...