Ryan Ritual

Ryan Ritual's "The Weight Of Love" is a haunting echo chamber of 80s-inspired hooks and modern melancholy. Ritual's songwriting is a masterclass in pop sophistication, each track a capsule of raw emotion, produced to perfection by Chris Zane (Passion Pit , The Walkmen ). The album doesn't scream pandemic, but it whispers the subtle agonies and muted ecstasies of a world on pause. It's a diary of a year spent in fear, a year that tested the weight of love and found it both crushing and uplifting. In its final note, the album reminds us to "don't forget to smile," like a soft echo in the chambers of the heart.