Brooklyn-based artist JOHN DORIAN captures the fragile tensions of love on “TWO SWANS,” a captivating chamber ballad produced by Michael Beinhorn. Warm synths, resonant performance emotion, and richly layered piano, fretless bass,

Enamoring with its breezy guitar jangles and sporadic touches of playful synths, “New Plans” is a memorable new single from Knupperpouf, the project of Amsterdam-based songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Nicolette Lie. Described

Denver-based band Instant Empire consume on the emotional single “A Series of Small Decisions,” fusing melodic piano and resonating guitar amidst powerful vocals, depicting the experience of being in a hospital room

“Orion” is a beautifully expansive track from Eliza Tebo, developing from its introspective “searching for meaning” ballad-ready beginnings to an intensified second-half vigor, where dramatic vocal layers and flurries of strings invigorate

A hazy electronic allure shines on “600 Days,” a recent track from Rez@ that delights in its array of glistening synths and blaring guitar elements. Twangy guitar reverb pairs with steady rhythms

“Ghosts” is a lovely new track from June Always, melding jangly guitars and mellow keys amidst an ethereal vocal feeling. “I wrote ‘Ghosts’ about the patterns we keep falling back into, even