“Icaro”, from London trio Brand New Moon, pursues an invitingly exotic route from the get-go, with the sound of bird chirping leading into lush bossa nova-like rhythms and Steely Dan-inspired guitar stylings.

“Scandinavian Summer” was written by Scandinavian duo My Empire Of Sound in the Swedish highlands; the natural beauty of that setting has seeped into their music as well. Delicate pianos and vocals

As any great song is liable to do, “You Dropped Your Keys”, from Brisbane music collective Maison Hall, forces you to listen more than once to grasp everything that’s going on. And

Divinity Roxx is known to most as Beyoncé’s frequent collaborator, specifically as her musical director and bassist for the “The Beyoncé Experience” and “I Am… World” tours. She helped compose music for

Atlanta native Bryson Green crafts a whimiscal fairytale land of sorts on the twinkling “Some More”, where he repeatedly asks “do you want some more?” over fantasy-land bright synths, with the exuberant

“Believe” is a wonderfully spacious track that sits somewhere between light electro-pop and suave alt-rock, with a jubilant chorus that rides nicely on multiple vocal layers and twinkling keys. The ensuing “Christmas

There are so many great Beach Boys tracks, that a gem like “All I Wanna Go” goes somewhat overlooked; off the similarly overlooked 1970 album Sunflower, the original is a hypnotic dream