The moment the jaunty guitar kicks in on John Smyths’ new single, "Now I'm Wiser", you feel a familiar, comfortable warmth. It’s the sound of a good chair in a bar where the floor is sticky with spilled truths. And then the story starts, a classic yarn of a hard-living past yielding to a peaceful present. Smyths, a Dutch ex-metalhead singing country out of...

UK-based songwriting duo Bradby Sings capture the wildly unhinged chaos of an obsessive new crush on their newest single, “Sing Out Loud”. Usually operating away from the spotlight to create poignant, guitar-led pop strictly for film, television, and internet creators, the pair currently refrain from performing live. Here, though, they enthusiastically demand your undivided attention. https://open.spotify.com/album/4rKKxoQ3Jk7uRMwCz8jwfL?si=1B2eX_kDQruMmnzjkfRqJw The arrangement leans deeply into their theatrical pop-rock sensibilities, cautiously...