Television once taught us that a hug and a laugh track could mend anything; Z’cano’s “Friends,” the second single from his concept EP 22 Minutes, slips that myth onto a turntable and lets it revolve until the varnish shows grain. The American singer channels…
Read MoreOld cartographers wrote “Here be dragons” at the map’s edges; Bre Kennedy plants her lighthouse there with “Looking For,” a mid-tempo alt-pop glow destined for late drives and tidy epiphanies. The New Nashville storyteller releases a song…
Read MoreImagine a night surfer reading the tide by moonlight—Elaskia’s “Either Way I Lose” rides that calm, mid-tempo swell, carrying you toward the quiet where honesty finally speaks. Australia’s alt-pop and adult contemporary artisan sketches…
Read MoreLabit’s single “SOL,” the namesake centerpiece of his debut album SOL, unveiled on October 17th, radiates like a slow dawn crossing a quiet room. The Filipino-American singer, songwriter, and storyteller builds a contemporary R&B reverie on tender, soul-washed piano, letting…
Read MoreLike a campfire story told to the tide, Tavia Rhodes releases HER SAY and the coast answers back. The Seattle singer-songwriter—whose gigs have matured into a full-band electricity—turns grief, love, and flight into a living document you can hear breathing…
Read MoreEstella Dawn releases “Conversations,” an alternative-pop/adult-contemporary disclosure that warms and rattles at once. The project, “Conversations,” opens bare: melancholic piano keys and an alto voice at confession’s distance, the air…
Read MoreA heart is a roadside map that redraws itself at every state line; Lila Holler releases “The Way I Am Now,” a chill, mid-tempo indie-pop communique, quietly luminous, that carries dust from her nomadic childhood across the United States…
Read MorePicture a quiet room with the lights dimmed and the truth humming like a fluorescent bulb: U.S. artist Drew Schueler paints that feeling through his single “mirror,” a standalone project that masquerades as a breakup ballad yet ends a friendship…
Read MoreStreetlights blink, and Estella Dawn presses “send”: “Drunk & Messy” is out, a velvet siren wrapped in glass. The USA-based independent force splices Indie Pop with Adult Contemporary finesse, crafting…
Read MoreStar-bright and softly devastating, Avery Raquel releases “The Letter,” a confessional keepsake dressed in candlelight and courage. The Canadian songwriter situates her Adult Contemporary sensibility inside…
Read MoreCall it a weather report for the soul: Pēlikel’s Okay, Maybe scans the horizon, names the clouds, and stays outside long enough to be rained on. The Montreal-based Lebanese trio—Joey Semaan, Kevin Semaan, and Roy Andraos, with Mark Bitar on drums…
Read MoreCandles don’t heal; the way you breathe beside them does. On her new album project “Soul Alive,” pianist and singer-songwriter Jennifer Harper turns breath into architecture—piano motifs rising like lanterns, melodies locating their own pulse until the room remembers…
Read MoreNeon insomnia wears a borrowed halo at 2 a.m. as the group Midnight Til Morning release “Welcome to LA,” a slow-burn confession that treats the city like a mirage you can hum. Framed as a surprise for fans, the track whispers rather than waves…
Read MoreMexican artist Paulina Chow releases “Blue,” an indie-folk confession from Mexico that hushes the room before it speaks. The project’s name sets the temperature; the mood is chill but lucid, like ocean light slipping under a closed door…
Read MorePicture a lighthouse assembled from old diaries and ticket stubs—that is the aura of Emily Popli’s debut, Lilith Fair Kid. The title nods to the matrilineal beam that guided her—Sheryl Crow’s amber grit, Sarah McLachlan’s chiaroscuro…
Read MoreDutch singer-songwriter David & The Circumstances has unveiled his song “In God We Trust,” a quiet flare against the smoke. The Netherlands outfit frames a non-religious confession inside Acoustic Folk and Adult…
Read MoreOcean Tisdall released “Sugar in His Tea,” a break-up missive steeped in piano hush and unflinching candor. The track opens spare: soft keys, velvety phrasing, breath close to the mic; only later do…
Read MoreSouth African singer-producer Lee Cole releases “Mine,” a confession dressed in adult-contemporary polish, indie-soul afterglow, and a hint of indie-R&B. Built on an uplifting guitar figure…
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