38 New Songs Out Today
So many artists, so many songs, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we’d call “indie,” and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news, track premieres, and more all day. We update a playlist weekly of some of our current favorite tracks. Here’s a daily roundup with a bunch of interesting, newly released songs in one place.
CURSIVE – “BOTCH JOB”
Cursive have shared the second taste of Devourer, and it’s an unmistakably-Cursive song that Tim Kasher says this about: “‘Botch Job’ is a rumination on what one has done with this life and those unfulfilling feelings that may accompany such thoughts. At this point, I don’t care to know what damage my body has incurred from years of abuse. It’s those anxiety-fueled gremlins keeping you restless in the dead of night, but put to song.”
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STATE FAULTS – “DIVINATION”
State Faults have shared the third single from their anticipated new album Children of the Moon, and it’s another great one. Depending on which way you squint, you’ll find elements of screamo, black metal, sludge, post-hardcore, post-rock, and more, and genres aside, it’s just an intense, heavy, beautiful song.
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BEN SERETAN – “CLIMB THE LADDER”
Ben Seretan has given us another taste of his upcoming album for Tiny Engines, Allora. He told Stereogum that the original idea was to make this a 15-minute song, but his bandmates encouraged him to “end it abruptly” and cut it down to three. Even with this shorter running time, it covers a lot of ground, and that mid-section gets very trippy.
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DIVINE SWEATER – “COUNTERPARTS”
Boston band Divine Sweater announced a new album, A Time For Everything, due out on September 13 via Better Company Records. They’ve shared a new single from it, dreamy indie pop track “Counterparts,” that should appeal to fans of Alvvays.
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MILE END – “BEND”
Canadian hardcore band Mile End have just dropped a kickass new single via New Morality Zine. They’re also on tour now, with a show at Jersey City’s Black Pearl coming up this Saturday (7/13).
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W.H. LUNG – “HOW TO WALK”
Manchester band W.H. Lung have announced their third album, Every Inch of Earth Pulsates, due out on October 18 via Melodic. The first single is the propulsive, stadium-sized “How To Walk.” ““I can’t wait to play this live,” vocalist Joseph Evans says. “We wanted a song to represent our live set, a new big one, and this is it.”
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TORENA – “FALSE COMPASSION”
California hardcore band Torena share a chugging, metallic song “about the people who claim to be there for you and have your back in tough times, when in reality they don’t follow through with that; they just have you around for things that you provide to the relationship for personal gain.” It was recorded and mixed by Taylor Young and it’s out via DAZE.
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COLD SPECKS – “HOW IT FEELS”
Canadian artist Cold Specks is back with her first new music in seven years. She wrote “How It Feels” with Chantal Kreviazuk, and says the song “was written in 2019 at a time when I was struggling with money. I was struggling with my mind as well, and I was reflecting on my experiences. It was written one magical night in the dead of winter in a studio around midnight. It came together quite easily and Chantal is a gem.”
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ESCUELA GRIND – “TURBULENCE”
Escuela Grind’s new Kurt Ballou-produced album Dreams on Algorithms comes out October 18 via MNRK Heavy, and their new single “Turbulence” finds them injecting some radio-friendly clean vocals into their otherwise harsh, extreme metal/hardcore.
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CHARLY BLISS – “WAITING FOR YOU”
Eva Hendricks calls the latest single off Charly Bliss’ new album FOREVER “a love song for my bandmates,” continuing, “While I was separated from Sam, Spencer, & Dan during the pandemic, I remember watching videos of us playing shows and thinking ‘How could I have taken this for granted?’ I couldn’t see how beautiful everything really was and how lucky we were. It was agonizing to be apart for that long but helpful, because I don’t think I’ll ever let myself forget that again.”
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1349 – “SHADOW POINT”
Norwegian black metal vets 1349 will release their new album The Wolf and The King on October 4 via Season of Mist, and they sound as triumphantly evil as ever on new single “Shadow Point.”
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PHOTAY – “DERECHO”
LA-via-Hudson Valley electronic musician Photay has announced a new album, Windswept, due September 20 via Mexican Summer. Carlos Niño, Laraaji, Nate Mercereau, Will Epstein, and others contribute to it, and the first single is the ethereal “Derecho.” Photay also has release shows at Brooklyn’s Public Records on 10/19 and LA’s 2220 Arts on 10/26.
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STEVE MARINO – “SAFE TO SAY”
Steve Marino (Angel Du$t, Bugg, etc) follows last year’s Too Late To Start Again with another bright, jangly single, “Safe To Say,” out via Pop Wig.
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CROWN SHY – “AUTOPILOT”
Crown Shy is the new moniker of The Sonder Bombs’ Jimmy Wilkens (who used to release solo material as Jimmy Lo-Fi), and Crown Shy’s first single “Autopilot” is new-wavey and grungey all at once.
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JON HOPKINS – “RITUAL (PALACE)”
Jon Hopkins has shared another track from his upcoming album RITUAL. He says this was “the most joyful and collaborative experience I’ve ever had making an album” and “(PALACE)” is gorgeous, ethereal stuff.
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MERCE LEMON – “BACKYARD LOVER”
Merce Lemon announced a new album and shared the gorgeous lead single, which you can read more about here.
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CHRYSTABELL & DAVID LYNCH – “THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS”
Here’s a second song from Chrystabell & David Lynch’s upcoming album. and Lynch directed and animated the music video.
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SMALL BLACK – “THE RIVER” (BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COVER)
Small Black have covered Bruce Springsteen’s classic “The River” and their moody, synthy style works well with this rendition.
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STEVE WYNN – “MAKING GOOD ON MY PROMISES”
“I wrote this song with Paco Loco, a prolific producer down in Spain,” says Steve Wynn of the second single from his upcoming solo album. “Haven’t heard of him? If you live in Spain, I guarantee you have. Dude’s a legend and I’d estimate that he’s produced half the records released down there in the last several decades. The lyrics, like most of the words on “Make It Right,” fit into the overall narrative of my book—a defiant and yet tentative of a return from a temporary abyss while keeping a wary eye out for the next dip ahead. I shot the video within the confines and out on the streets in London surrounding my groovy label Fire Records. Together, we’ll make good on those promises.”
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KNITTING – “SLEEPER”
Montreal band knitting will release their debut album Some Kind of Heaven in September via Mint and here’s an early taste.
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J.R.C.G. – “DRUMMY”
J.R.C.G. (Justin R. Cruz Gallego), who you may have caught opening for Mdou Moctar, has shared another song from his upcoming Sub Pop debut. “Drummy” is dark, synthy and compelling.
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LOTS OF HANDS – “ROSIE”
UK duo lots of hands have signed with Fire Talk Records and have shared their first single for the label. “Rosie” is thick and dreamy folk.
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KING GIZZARD – “LE RISQUE”
King Gizzard shared the first single from their upcoming album Flight b741 which is unlike anything they’ve released before, partially because everyone in the band gets a chance to sing lead.
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MOSES SUMNEY – “GOLD COAST”
Moses Sumney followed last month’s “Vintage” with another new single, “Gold Coast,” and the announcement of a new EP. Read more about those here.
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TY SEGALL – “THE DANCE”
Ty’s drum-forward new album Love Rudiments will be out August 30, and you can get a taste of what that means right here.
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OSEES – “EARTHLING”
OSEES will be back on August 9 with SORCS 80, and we’ve got the premiere of the album’s second single, a synth-punk banger titled “Earthling” that sounds dark and gritty but actually has a very positive message.
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CHRISTIAN LEE HUTSON – “AFTER HOURS”
Christian Lee Hutson announced a new album and shared the lead single; read more about those here.
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POISON RUÏN – “EXECUTE”
Umlaut-loving Philly rock band Poison Ruïn are back with Confrere, a new EP that will be out August 2 via Relapse. The EP finds them opening up their sound a little, adding more atmospherics to to their mix of death rock, punk, post-punk and tongue-in-cheek medieval imagery.
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CLOUD CULT – “THE UNIVERSE WOKE UP AS YOU”
Cloud Cult’s new album arrives next month, and they’ve given us another early taste with “The Universe Woke Up As You,” which you can read more about here.
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PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING – “ELECTRA”
Historically minded, A/V-inclined UK group Public Service Broadcasting have announced a new album, The Last Flight, which will be out October 4 via via SO Recordings. All their albums have a concept and this one is about iconic aviator Amelia Earhart, exploring her life as well as her doomed but valiant 1937 attempt at circumnavigating the globe by plane.
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TIM HEIDECKER – “WELL’S RUNNING DRY”
“My favorite records are the ones that were just recorded in a room with a band playing,” Tim Heidecker says of his upcoming album Slipping Away, referencing Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and The Band as influences. “And that’s what we did.”
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WARMDUSCHER – “FASHION WEEK”
UK band Warmduscher have announced their fifth album, Too Cold to Hold, which will be out November 15 via Strap Originals. After working with Hot Chip and Dan Carey on previous albums, the band’s Ben Romans Hopcraft co-produced this one with Jamie Neville and the album features contributions from Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, plus Lianne La Havas, Confidence Man’s Janet Planet, Jeshi and CouCou Chloe. The first single from the album is “Fashion Week,” which is a tongue-in-cheek look at our obsession with style.
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DAWN RICHARD & SPENCER ZAHN – “BREATH OUT”
Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn are following up their great 2022 debut album with Quiet in a World Full of Noise, that will be out October 4 via Merge. “Right now, everyone’s a little bit overwhelmed,” Dawn says. “I hope that this will be the record that people put on when they need the opportunity for reflection, when they need the stillness in their lives, now more than ever.”
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WATER FROM YOUR EYES – “THE GOOD SHIP LIFESTYLE”
Water From Your Eyes will release a digital covers EP, MP3 Player 1, on Friday, July 12 via Matador. The EP features their take on songs by Al Green, Adele, Chumbawamba and Third Eye Blind. They didn’t do “Tubthumper” but instead picked a deep cut off the same album.
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TR/ST – “ALL AT ONCE”
Performance is TR/ST’s first album in six years and will be out September 13 via Dais.
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LIKE ROSES – “BROKEN THINGS (LIE TO ME)”
Berkeley, California emo-pop punks Like Roses have shared a new single and you can read about it here.
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FLOATING POINTS – “KEY103”
Floating Points, aka UK electronic and jazz musician Sam Shepherd, has announced a new album, Cascade. The new single is “Key103” and you can read more about it here.
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SUNSET RUBDOWN – “REAPPEARING RAT”
Wolf Parade co-leader Spencer Krug reunited Sunset Rubdown last year and now they’ve announced their first album in 15 years. Read about lead single “Reappearing Rat” here.
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