Pop music

Pop sounds electric and alive: Kindness Inc. weaves an electro folk spell about "a love that betrays death, because stories never die," while theJLM fires a warning shot at the hyper-elite with "Guillotine" before dissolving into the illusory chaos of its B-side. Jon Hopper debuts with melodic, melancholic synth-pop steeped in memory and nostalgia, and BLF delivers a spastic-but-cohesive quantum popcorn burst for fans of Sly Stone and Kraftwerk alike. Lakitunes keeps it simple — just a banger.