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Hayden Calnin bottles the coast-before-dawn hush on “Middle Night,” a seven-song vigil of adult-contemporary finesse

Midnight is that strange hour when the sky feels half-closed, and Hayden Calnin’s Middle Night sounds like the diary you write there. Recorded in his coastal studio, this seven-song cycle of adult contemporary, alt-pop and indie folk lingers in the quiet…

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Drew Schueler steps forward with “I Thought By Now,” a modern hymn for anyone whose timeline slipped the script.

Every quarter-life crisis deserves its own hymn, and Drew Schueler’s “I Thought By Now” arrives like a confession whispered over blue light and unpaid dreams. The title track from his EP Vulnerable For Once turns the myth of linear success…

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Brando turns late-night longing into a quiet mantra on New Single “When You Stay.”

It’s a common knowledge that every lost summer has a soundtrack, and Brando’s “When You Stay” volunteers itself as the quiet anthem for the moments you replay in your head long…

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