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READY TO POP | XPLOR, Mickey Blue & More Soundtrack Classic Cinema

Also, ZOLA, Meg Myers, and Heart Tide Deliver Songs Suitable for the Silver Screen.

Meg Meyers

These songs deliver astounding cinematic atmosphere.

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PREMIERE | Alexa Melo Commits to Insanity in Boozy 'Dope Sick' Video

Heartbreak and the Journey to Recovery Can Be Pretty Traumatic.

Noah Diamond

Melo claws her way to freedom.

A lot of life can be lived in three years. For grunge-pop singer Alexa Melo, that means plenty of love and heartbreak nearly tearing her limb from limb. With her first single in the same amount of time, a grim and greasy mid-tempo called "Dope Sick," in which she plots a pilgrimage through past memories, Melo claws her way out of the muck to reclaim her life. "Baby boy, you know I'm gonna survive," she promises on the opening lyric, stained with minimalist production, a rather ghoulish beginning. "But what's the point / I'd acquire a taste for a different kind of hurt."

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