The newest single from Quiet Luke is a fine example of pop rock, 2024 style. It’s the perfect mix of Semisonic and A.G. Cook. The New York-based artist A.L. Bahta has been making music under the Quiet Luke moniker since 2016; in that time, he has balanced pop impulses with more conceptual methodologies. “Blood” combines an interest in forward-thinking electronic music with songwriting moves pulled from the classic pop playbook. It’s an alternate history of 90s radio rock as filtered through a hyper-online musical awareness. It’s an Auto-Tuned power ballad made for fist pumping and crying softly.