There is a specific weight to Chellcy Reitsma’s "Carpe Diem," one that feels less like a motivational poster and more like a heavy coin you’ve carried in your pocket for years, its edges worn smooth by worry. It announces its intention with a title we think we know, a bright promise of seizing the day, but the music itself doesn't offer easy platitudes. Instead,...

Multidisciplinary artist Emily Daccarett maps out the strange, beautiful geography of grief and eternal devotion on her new two-track EP, "Another World". https://open.spotify.com/album/6nmbMkULCfCwQWtUitUnEm?si=QCMOCzaMQSmQvGjj5TE5JA We constantly talk about losing people, but we rarely discuss where that massive, suddenly homeless love is supposed to go. Daccarett, an artist who fuses couture training with a sharp cinematic vision, gives that immense emotion a pulsating, alternative-pop body. Written after the...