Atwood Magazine

2 days ago | atwoodmagazine.com | Danielle Holian

If Cian Ducrot’s debut album ‘Victory’ was an open wound – raw, emotional, and deeply confessional – then his new single “Shalalala” is the healing scar that sings back with resilience and joy. Known for his soul-baring ballads of heartbreak and longing, the Irish singer/songwriter turns a creative corner on this latest release, offering a triumphant, gospel-charged anthem that’s as unexpected as it is electrifying.

3 days ago | atwoodmagazine.com | Rachel Leong

Calum Hood (of 5 Seconds of Summer) opens up about vulnerability, creative rediscovery, and stepping into his own with ‘ORDER chaos ORDER,’ his introspective and cinematic debut solo album. Stream: “Don’t Forget You Love Me” – Calum HoodI had to learn to let go and give in to the nature of both chaos and calm, to allow them to coexist and hold hands throughout the process. They became neutral forces in a way. Neither good nor bad, just necessary.

4 days ago | atwoodmagazine.com | Danielle Holian

Across 19 tracks, including six meditative interludes titled “Recall,” Cosmos Ray’s debut album ‘The More We Live’ unfolds like a ritual of remembering. Stream: ‘The More We Live’ – Cosmos RayIt disrupts the very language we use to talk about music. The More We Live, the first solo offering from Chicago’s Cosmos Ray, is exactly that kind of disruption. It’s expansive and unrelenting, but also quiet and tender. It’s the sound of one man digging through the wreckage of the self, and finding gold.

5 days ago | atwoodmagazine.com | Mitch Mosk

Adam Melchor opens his soul on ‘The Diary of Living,’ a breathtakingly honest, emotionally expansive, and achingly raw album that transforms grief, memory, and growth into some of the best folk music this side of the 21st Century.

5 days ago | atwoodmagazine.com | Mitch Mosk

A soft and soul-stirring reckoning, “Start Again” finds The Bones of J.R. Jones embracing pain, perseverance, and the quiet power of renewal in a breathtakingly intimate ballad off his forthcoming album, ‘Radio Waves.’Stream: “Start Again” – The Bones of J.R. JonesIn The Bones of J.R. Jones’ new single, renewal doesn’t come as a fiery explosion or some sweeping, cinematic shift; it’s something softer and more tender. It hurts. It aches.