Written By: Big C Photo Credit: Izzy O’Brien brookelen follows the warning signs into a heavier corner of her sound on omen. The Los Angeles artist lets orchestral weight, post-rock texture, and folk intimacy rub against one another instead of smoothing their edges. Because the performance was recorded live, breath, swell, and fracture stay inside the track as part of its design. Built around self-recognition rather than fear, "omen" treats its symbols as cues that only gain

Established by Jermaine Cole, better known as J. Cole, the Grammy-nominated artist and producer, Dreamville (Interscope Records) is a...