Washington DC’s GEMS can do no wrong in our eyes. ‘Medusa’ and ‘Sinking Stone’ were two of our tracks of 2013, now Lindsay Pitts and Clifford John Usher are taking their dreamy pop to the next level. More intimate than ever before, Pitts’s willowy caw is woven neatly into Usher’s unhurried production; swelling synth strings, muted beats, and a sensitive wash of guitars - it’s sublime, emotive and still utterly individual.