Loose Cannons have delivered precisely the kind of second single that separates flash-in-the-pan hopefuls from bands with genuine staying power. Where "Never Be The Same Again" announced their arrival with atmospheric restraint, "Writing On The Wall" throws open the windows and lets the light flood in—though the view outside remains decidedly ambiguous.

There's something deeply, wonderfully incongruous about a country rock outfit emerging from Romford, Essex. The Cockney Cowboy – a moniker that itself reads like a Morrissey lyric or a Guy Ritchie film title – represents the latest chapter in Britain's long, peculiar love affair with Americana. Where once we had The Zombies affecting California cool or The Stone Roses channeling Byrds-ian jangle, now we have this: boot-scootin' family values served up with a side of jellied eels.

Richard Green's artistic trajectory reads like a masterclass in refusing categorization. Since relocating from Italy to London in 2012, where he secured both a higher diploma and degree in guitar, Green has systematically dismantled any expectation of stylistic consistency. From the foreboding experimentalism of his debut "Dark Horses" (2020) to his ambitious neoclassical trilogy—spanning "A Journey," "The circle closes" (2023), and "First light" (2024)—he has demonstrated a voracious appetite for musical exploration. Against this backdrop of relentless genre-hopping, "Ending up in the wrong way" emerges as perhaps his most emotionally direct statement to date.

Kyle Harris emerges from the Utah mountains with "Voices," a single that refuses to look away from the darkness within. Operating under the moniker Valiancy, Harris has crafted a piece of work that owes as much to the art-rock sensibilities of Peter Gabriel as it does to the electronic melancholia of James Blake—though the comparison feels less like imitation and more like a conversation across generations.