Reading Festival Day One arrived with the sort of weather that makes a field in August feel like a questionable life choice. The rain wasn’t constant, thankfully, but when it came, it came heavily. One minute the site was grey and manageable; the next, everyone was sheltering from a downpour and wondering whether their shoes would ever recover.

Charli XCX’s Reading Festival headline set brought together the world of Brat with the darker, more cinematic direction of her new era.

In a Soho conversation filled with dreams of Grammys, world tours, and rooftop video shoots, Tycho and Jagun from myohmy open up about their new EP and finding beauty in growing up.

The best musical projects take you on a journey, moving through different moods and emotions while giving you a clearer picture of the artist behind them. That’s exactly what Olivia Prado’s new EP, Dirty In The Sand, does. Out today, August 26, the project moves from upbeat, infectious tracks into something more vulnerable and introspective – something Olivia says was completely intentional.

Ana Kahan will release her debut EP, “don’t grow up, it’s a trap,” on August 21. After my first listen, I can say one thing: this release is full of emotion, honesty, and stories in which it’s really easy to find a piece of yourself.

While the band’s guitar sound and energetic performances will inevitably attract much of the attention, It Goes On works best when you look beyond the riffs. It is an album full of contrasting emotions, where upbeat melodies sit alongside sadness and uncertainty.