This is the kind of breakup track that checks your pulse before you have time to act fine. Drew Swords comes in hot on "Better Without Me?", a 3:32 indie rock single that turns one ugly little question into a full-body rush: what if someone really did get happier after you left? That thought can ruin a perfectly good afternoon. It can also make a chorus...

There is a wonderful, almost jarring friction in the fact that Headmaster delivers the soaring indie-pop of "Seasons Vol.4, Spring" while navigating his day job as an Executive Headteacher and CEO in London. Most folks navigating institutional leadership slowly calcify, yet here he is, translating the messy trajectory of human evolution into bright melodic hooks all while raising money for health charities. As the...