It's a wonderful day to receive new music from LA's Drugdealer. The idiosyncratic Mexican Summer signing, lead by songwriter Michael Collins, make timeless tunes with an uncanny ability to lift your spirits. 'Madison' is the project's first new music since 2019's Raw Honey and it doesn't disappoint. Significantly marking a revelation in Collins' singing style, lightly-played drums tick along beneath an easy-grooving bass line as sunny guitar strums colour the mix. Adding a signature sense of nostalgia, layered backing vocals and the odd lap steel (?) slide give tinges of Country/Americana, all while Collins croons in his new-found voice. He explains: “Madison was the first song I wrote in the period after Raw Honey. I hadn’t been feeling very confident about my voice for a while, when a chance encounter with an older artist, Annette Peacock, happened. She helped change my perspective and style. She told me I wasn’t singing in my correct range, to modulate it up. She was right and it shifted my perspective on singing...Madison is the first time I felt like I was hearing what I really sounded like, after years of defaulting more towards numerous collaborators who I knew had their voices. It was pretty surreal and I’m really thankful for her advice." Tune in here. -Holly Mullineaux