Laius, “archaic dreams” | Track Review 🎵

Gifted Australian queer pop musician Laius makes our ears perk up on his ambitious, poetic, and conceptual single, “archaic dreams.”

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Gifted Australian queer pop musician Laius makes our ears perk up on his ambitious, poetic, and conceptual single, “archaic dreams.”
![Shivum Sharma, In Transit (EP) [📷: Shivum Sharma]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/shivum-sharma-in-transit-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Southeast London singer, songwriter, producer, and DJ Shivum Sharma makes our ears perk up on his incredibly sweet, four-song project, In Transit (EP).
![Benson Boone, “Better Alone” [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Night Street, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay, Warner]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/benson-boone-better-alone.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Emerging pop musician Benson Boone shines on the pop ballad, “Better Alone,” which appears on his debut EP, Walk Me Home.
![dvsn, “If I Get Caught” [📷: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay, OVO Sound, Warner]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/dvsn-if-i-get-caught-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Canadian R&B duo dvsn – Daniel Daley and Nineteen85 – come back strong on their first single of 2022, “If I Get Caught.”
![Panic! At the Disco, “Middle of a Breakup” [📷: Brent Faulkner, Fueled By Ramen, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/panic-at-the-disco-middle-of-a-breakup.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Brendon Urie and Panic! At The Disco shine on “Middle of a Breakup,” the second single from their seventh studio album, Viva Las Vengeance.
![Megan Thee Stallion, “Pressurelicious” [📷: 1501 Certified Entertainment / 300 Entertainment, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/megan-thee-stallion-pressurelicious-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Megan Thee Stallion taps Future for “Pressurelicious,” a respectable banger that ultimately does little to move the needle for either rapper.
![Demi Lovato, "Substance" [📷: Island]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/demi-lovato-substance-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
In their second single from HOLY FVCK, an album with a pop-punk about-face, Demi Lovato is looking for “Substance.”
![Steve Lacy, Gemini Rights [📷: L-M / RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/steve-lacy-gemini-rights-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Steve Lacy delivers one of the very best albums of 2022 with his relatively short but potent sophomore album, Gemini Rights.
![Myylo, “Pink Boy Heart” [📷: Myylo]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/myylo-pink-boy-heart-2.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
LGBTQ pop musician Myylo, the definition of a ‘walking bop,’ delivers another surefire bop with this latest single, “Pink Boy Heart.”
![Latto, “P---y” [📷: Streamcut / RCA]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/latto-pussy-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Although profane, rapper Latto has a respectable, ‘real talk’ message on her latest single, “P---y.” A famous Betty Wright sample provides a big-time lift.
![Matt Jaffe, "Just an Echo" [📷: Matt Jaffe]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/matt-jaffe-just-an-echo-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Singer/songwriter Matt Jaffe returns with his first new single of 2022, “Just An Echo,” and it’s nothing short of epic.
![Lizzo, Special [📷: Nice Life / Atlantic]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/lizzo-special-1.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Oft-criticized, bigger-than-life, Grammy-winning pop star Lizzo delivers a consistent, sickening sophomore album with Special.