Kevin Bronson on September 10th, 2020

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A three-pack of new singles we like:

CARTALK, “Los Manos”

After releasing three killer singles in 2019 — “Noonday Devil,” “Wrestling” and “Sleep” — Chuck Moore last month released one more song from the Cartalk debut album “Pass Like Pollen” (out Oct. 2). “Los Manos” flows from heavy grunge to melodic alt-rock, offering some deep-down catharsis on a Sarah Tudzin-produced album full of epic moments.

ODDNESSE, “Summer’s Almost Over”

After releasing the “Overindulgence” EP in April, Rebeca Arango, aka Oddnesse, returns with something that sounds a little C86. She actually wrote the song last summer, she says, but points out: “The world is burning. Few things are in our control. When I sing ‘you will find your way out,’ I offer not optimism, but hope. The difference was made clear to me by Rebecca Solnit: ‘Hope is a belief that what we do might matter, an understanding that the future is not yet written.’”

OPUS VITAE, “The End of the Road”

On the heels of earlier singles “Carry the Weight” and “Rich Man,” Banah Winn, aka Opus Vitae, is back with the swirling, ambient track “The End of the Road.” It’s the closer of his forthcoming album “Gramercy.”