LITM Rock Brings You Tunes to set the week featuring Izira Burley, One Man Boycott, Massimo Cambiano

LITM Rock picks tunes brought to you by Izira Burley, One Man Boycott, and Massimo Cambiano!

1. Izira Burley – "who i used to be"

Izira Burley's "who i used to be" is the type of song that feels like it's been hiding in the depths of your subconscious - just waiting for the very right heartbreak, epiphany, or 3 a.m. meltdown to let its presence be known. Burley goes all in on the turmoil of rebirth, making vulnerability a sweeping monsoon of sound. Her voice is alchemical - smoky, soaring, and inescapable - coasting from ethereal whisper to rich catharsis. Imagine Evanescence if Phoebe Bridgers were their musical upbringing and David Fincher one of the reference points for production. The guitars growl, the drums slam like emotional punctuation, and over it all Burley presides with a rawness that's both intimate and untouchable. It's moody, magnetic, and perilously relatable - the type of song that has you reaching for your ex to text and compose poetry. Izira doesn't just sing here -she cleanses, and it's positively live.

2. One Man Boycott – "Imposter Syndrome" (from Face For Radio)

"Imposter Syndrome" strikes like a slap in the face of caffeine - a shot of pop-punk therapy smothered in the glorious din of revolution and rebirth. Joe Brewer, the enfant terrible of One Man Boycott, puts all his self-doubt and creative fatigue into a record that blows way out of proportion. This isn't another angsty anthem – it's the noise of someone struggling to enjoy himself again, riff by riff. The guitars riot with an unapologetic honesty that makes your internal teenager want to pump its fist into the air, and Brewer's vocals toggle between gritty punch and singing heartache. The hooks? Glass-cutting sharp. The lyrics? Bluntly honest without ever despairing. Face For Radio is like a love letter to the golden age of punk, updated with contemporary heart. If you've ever doubted yourself and then still managed to show up, this song is for you. Spoiler alert: you're exactly where you're meant to be, and Brewer is here to remind you of that.

3. Massimo Cambiano – "Luck, Timing & Birth"

Massimo Cambiano's "Luck, Timing & Birth" is like sitting on a park bench as sunset approaches and the world passing by and seeing that every turn of fate has its beat. It's considerate without ever being preachy, silky without ever being superficial - a song that occupied the nexus of jazz sophistication, pop lucidity, and indie contemplation. Cambiano's voice floats across a groove that's at once low-key and compelling, the sort of thing that gets stuck in your head and won't quietly exit. His lyrics are a philosopher's musings on how the smallest brushstrokes of fate determine our existence. It's aware of itself without being too awfully serious - a smile wrapped in tune. The production is crisp, the instrumentation rich, and the feel? All late-night-drive stuff. Pondering fate or simply grooving with a glass of wine in hand, "Luck, Timing & Birth" ensures that sometimes the universe does get it right.

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LITM Pop Picks Tunes To Tap Your Feet along featuring don't get lemon, Satellite Train and Scirii!

LITM Pop Picks Tunes For you brought to you by don't get lemon, Satellite Train and Scirii!

1. Don't Get Lemon – "Paid Holiday"

If suburbia existed, its soundtrack would be Don't Get Lemon's "Paid Holiday"- half-dream and half-disillusionment, all in glistening synths that refract like sunlight off the windshield of a car you can't afford to get washed. The track oozes a kind of cinematic escapism- that feeling of staring out of your cubicle window and imagining you’re in a retro music video instead of another Monday meeting. Vocals slice through like neon in a foggy night, effortlessly cool yet strangely tender. There's irony in the saccharine, a wink of recognition under the sheen - as if the band is saying to us, "yeah, this is heaven… if you squint hard enough." Each beat is like the rhythm of a city attempting to fall in love with itself all over again. Don't Get Lemon have created something that's not merely synth-pop nostalgia - it's a clever resistance to the drudgery it apes. Call it existential disco.

2. Satellite Train – "James Dean"

"James Dean" by Satellite Train is the aural equivalent of a leather jacket- coolly understated, utterly retro, and sure to leave you with the sense of slow-motion gusts of wind in your hair. It's more than a song; it's a paean to the rebellion mythos - that unattainable ideal of living fast and never dying out. With electric riffs that glimmer like chrome in the light of streetlights and lyrics that dance with immortality, this song doesn't grieve over Dean - it revels in the mayhem he left behind. There's a filmic allure here, the kind that compels you to drive down a deserted highway at sunset, windows rolled down, pursuing a sensation that no longer exists. Satellite Train records the restless pain of youth and celebrity and makes it something you can dance to. Nostalgic? Yeah. Melancholic? To some extent. But above all, it's pure, unadulterated swagger - rock 'n' roll distilled into three minutes.

3. Scirii – "Femme Fatale"

Scirii's "Femme Fatale" doesn't enter a room - it glides in, smiling, lipstick perfect, energy dangerous. It's the sort of song that doesn't merely play but seduces you first, then laughs as you fall. Constructed out of smoky synth textures and razored whispers, this song has the feel of a closing shot in a neo-noir film where no one truly wins but everyone looks great losing. Scirii’s voice — equal parts angelic and venomous - commands every second of your attention, threading through minimal beats and haunted pianos with unnerving grace. Recorded in her bedroom, it somehow sounds like it was mixed in the underworld - intimate, unsettling, and completely magnetic. Lyrically, it’s chaos with lipstick on: “I’ll make it worse, on purpose” isn’t just a line, it’s a mission statement. Imagine Lana Del Rey's sorrow crossed with Evanescence's drama, but in the universe of Scirii, she's the one who's holding the mirror - and challenging you to peek behind it

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