RISE’s new single, “Lost For Words,” doesn’t sound like the slow, sad end of a relationship; it sounds like the starting pistol for the next phase of a life. Here is an anthem that throws its shoulders back, propelled by a velocity that feels less like running away and more like accelerating toward something certain. Alex Mahoney’s drumming provides a relentless forward momentum, a...

Right, so, Sleeping Together. Manchester and Liverpool's own four-piece purveyors of… what was it again? Oh yeah, energetic indie rock. "The Essentials," their new single, dropped recently and I think it contains atoms. You know, like everything else. Except maybe thoughts. Are thoughts atoms? My cat doesn't think so. He thinks thoughts are made of tuna. https://open.spotify.com/track/67VYZmYQDqQsOeSbbnmNO3?si=c305f9979ce44321 Anyway, "The Essentials." This tune is all about a...