Seven tracks, 22 minutes, and plenty of attitude. The Houston band turns compact runtimes into a queasy, memorable blast. I hear a record that knows exactly when to lurch, when to simmer, and when to leave a bruise!

The Boston grunge band turn their newest single into a slow-burn study in fracture and momentum.At 3:23, “Mirage” distills the group’s fuzzed-out past into something leaner, heavier, and more emotionally pointed.

A compact, emotionally weathered single that trims the edges without losing the ache. At 3:25, “bebe” arrives as Beatrix Sky’s latest statement of intent, folding the Seattle project’s dream (nightmare) pop into a tighter, more immediate frame