THE SMART TRICK OF NOW MUSIC 2025 THAT NO ONE IS DISCUSSING

“Cats” can be an eerie ode to trying to tame your animal impulses, when the indie-sleaze synth friction of “Hooked” is enough to trigger vodka-breath flashbacks of sloppy strangers building out in the coat-Test line. —“Ohio All the Time” can be a bittersweet but damn-around-perfect guitar vignette about two Little ones getting dropped