There’s nothing quite as comforting as a soulful love ballad like the one served up by Jake Isaac, the part-time session musician turned singer-songwriter. You know the score with ‘New York’ as soon as those raw acoustic strings open up the space for Isaac’s syrupy vocals. Throughout the minimalist warmth of this track, the South London artist laments the loss of his New York love with “brown eyes and skin like gold.” With shades of Bruno Major and Jordan Mackampa, Jake Isaac evokes the most tender and bittersweet of emotions with this retrospective song. - Hannah Thacker