Violet Love has offered up an EP titled "Destined to Fail," and it arrives less like a prediction and more like a pre-existing condition, a medical chart for a soul that’s been diagnosed with itself. The DIY recording quality doesn’t feel lo-fi for aesthetics; it feels necessary, like these songs could only have been born in a sealed-off room where the air was getting...

The color of a worn-out teddy bear, the kind that smells faintly of dried chamomile tea and forgotten childhood adventures—that's what “Ma,” the new single from Jeán et Joie, conjures up. It’s less a song, and more an unearthed memory, one that's been tucked away so deep it almost feels like someone else's. https://open.spotify.com/track/27VCVxylhkNKIGLePpYkjS?si=KXDtxEOAQ9uHvremPfb4zQ Jeán et Joie, the American folk artist, lays down vocals as smooth...