Distance has a funny way of making people poetic when showing up would have been easier. Julia Gartha gets straight into that contradiction on “Not In The Room,” the focus track from her latest EP California’s Killing Me. The American artist builds the alt-pop cut around prominent, slightly reverbed drums that give the record a loose..
Read MoreAmelie Aldner’s “Young Love” is built with the kind of restraint that lets emotional imbalance become audible. The Swedish artist places soulful guitar riffs at the center of a laidback Adult Contemporary arrangement, with smooth bass and unhurried drums creating a soft rhythmic…
Read MoreGood love doesn’t always arrive with fireworks; sometimes it simply adjusts the mirror until the person staring back finally makes sense. Canadian artist Ana Golja works inside that quieter revelation on “Better,” a laidback Adult Contemporary single carrying vintage…
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