There’s always a lot of music coming out, so it’s hard to track. At a time when new trucks were particularly overwhelming, we sift through the noise and bring you a curated list of the most interesting new releases (the best that will be added to us) Best New Song Playlist). Below is a track roundup for Tuesday, April 29th, 2025.
Stereo Love – “Melody is a wound”
Stereolab previewed its first album in 15 years with another single, “Melodie Is a Wound.” He also accompanied the mysterious crossword puzzles edited by crossword editor Alan Connor rather than a music video. Guardianit’s fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nndpg90p2o8
JennyHval – “Raydown”
“I was hoping I was a kid, but maybe I’m a guide/writing to make you free, a guardian in between,” Jenny Hvar sings in “Raydown,” the gentle and charming opener of her new album Iris Silver MistIt’s out on Friday. “We enter the album lying in our own tomb below the earth, like a root that is part of the scented iris,” explained Hval. “It would be the perfect time and place to listen to music, right? The fetus can smell and taste the mother’s food in the final months of pregnancy, and hear the outside of her mother’s body.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izxbqgjgw10
These new Puritans – “Season of Hell”
These new Puritans, who have recently cried out from Charli XCX at Coachella, have a lively new single-out called “A Season in Hell.” They got Alexander Skarsgard for the music video directed by Harley Weir. “The song has two pipe organs, two sopranos and 200 drums,” band Jack Barnett shared. “As I was writing it, images of vast, inhumane machines kept coming into my mind – giant chains, pulleys, crushed gear, molten iron. Huge machines running into the centre of the Earth. He, perhaps we could have persuaded him to do the artwork for the album.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmrykhqsoim
Car seat headrest – “Cat (and good luck, man)”
What happens if the headrest in my car seat sounds like a bleacher? “Cat (and good luck with that, man)” has an answer, and it’s fun. It will serve as the final preview of CSH’s new album Scholarwill arrive on Friday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8yoavb8b_g
mspaint – “Angel”
Synthpunk costume mspaint has never been far from the pop influence, but “Angel” is the first preview of the new EP There is no separationit still feels like a significant change. “That’s definitely different from the way I usually write for a band,” Singer Dee said. “It’s something you can sing along, but it’s also about you telling yourself you feel good – some positive thinking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujqcbotq_a8
Puppy – “Olive Garden”
Ahead of their new album release Who will take care of the dog? This Friday, Pup dropped another single, “Olive Garden.” “This is a very stupid song, but it’s also a great song,” Stephen Babcock said in a statement. “The band gets all the credits for turning it into something really special. Zack (the drummer) listened to my cute acoustic guitar demo and decided to try and make it as heavy as possible. It’s a bit upsetting and uncomfortable, but catchy and fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpofkikhvzu
Chris Farren – “The Cause of Death”
Chris Farren is back with a new single featuring Susie’s True Lexi McCoy-Caso and G Leonardo on backing vocals. “The cause of death” is about the pathological curiosity we all have (.. right ??) and there is death news, but the cause remains ambiguous,” Farren explained. “It’s a strange, kind of awful, eavesdropping tendency to make me seem embarrassed and shaking. Writing this song was an attempt to work through those ideas and ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy0sez_rgsa
Sea Lemon – “Giving”
Sea Lemon has released another unforgettable dreamy song from her debut LP Prize diving. “Growing up, I never knew the term ‘intrusive thoughts’, but I often had them. As I get older, my particularly disturbing thoughts are what I want to go into an abandoned house, even though I know it is a horrifying idea,” explained Natalie Lou. “Give in” means giving intrusive thoughts and the relief and consequences that occur afterwards. This song was written in the afternoon in my producer’s studio and was probably the fastest song at first from writing to execution. ”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfggnuoi568
Opal Mug – “I don’t like you, but I love you.”
Opal Mag has released a new single called “I don’t like you, but I Love You.” “This slow, burning track explores an emotional tug of war between love and frustration,” explained the British singer-songwriter. “It’s about the internal struggle of falling in love with someone but dislike their actions and self-sabotage. “I don’t like you, but I love you” is about the push and pull of wanting to stay in a relationship but losing yourself in the process. ”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojwznybybyw
Lido pimienta – ‘aúntequiero’
Lido Pimienta shared “Aún Te Qiero”, the latest single from her full orchestra new album Label the. The particularly memorable new song was co-produced by Pimienta and composer Owen Palette. “Aún Te Quiero” will be translated into “I Love You,” Pimienta explained. “I sing to the past Lido. I sing to people who once thought my life would be in my life forever. Friends, lovers, family. But falls happen. We hurt each other. Still, I’m soft in my heart. I still love the enemy. I’m always there for everyone, sometimes they can’t be there for us either, but the message remains, I still love us, beyond our expiration date.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r_qepbpz5i
Maxo – “Human?”
Southern California rapper Maxo has released his fourth studio album. Mars is electricityarriving on June 20th, woozy, refined “human?” “This was the first time I’ve never really cared about and I didn’t approach things that seriously,” he said of the vision behind the LP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sekgn4vzbw
Rael Neil – “Wild Waters”
On Friday, Rael Neal releases her new album A complete strangerAnd today she shares another single, the charming “Wild Waters.” The music video gives you a glimpse into the 34-minute film that comes with the LP. “The video for “Wild Waters” was a collaboration with choreographer and dancer Sandy (Denton),” Neil shared. “I had this vision of dancers playing the role of dancers who open the portal and perform dances calling out the characters. In perfect sync, when I approached Sandy with the idea, she was already building a two-person dance that fits seamlessly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0vxgzunt2k
Westside Cowboy – “Shell”
The Manchester Quartet Westside Cowboy unleashed “Shell,” a stirring new single produced by English teacher Lewis Whiting. “‘Shell’ is widely accepted,” the band commented. “Whether it’s a perception of what you have or a perception that change is inevitable, the song is loosely based on the film. They say, “I think it’s going to start a little more seriously, slowly, but I’ll kick in right away.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4-zmf-ywu8
Badbadnotgood & vcr – “I found the light (Beer Street)”
Badbadnotgood is working with Veronica Camille Ratliff, a Memphis musician who records as a VCR, to seek a luscious seven-minute track called “Found a Light (Beale Street).” “This is more than a song for me,” she said. “It’s a milestone. I’ve been cooking this kind of sound for years. I’ve been cooking this kind of sound, from writing on my desk in Southern Memphis to composing orchestral works at USC. This collaboration with Bad Bud Notogood is what makes collective resilience the black community a sanctuary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grigovnyz8a
Water Machine – “River”
Water Machine has announced its debut full length, God Park – June 29th – And we shared “River.” “The “river” is about your neighbor and hypothetically steals your boat,” the band said. “We wrote the bassline, but the rest came quickly. The harmony was a lot of fun recording. Hand and Flora are altos, so we had our hand partners sing high notes.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj0drnzppti
Humor – “Plagiarist”
Humor is their debut album, ” Learn GreekArrived on August 8th. They also shared their lead single, “Plagiarist.” Vocalist Andreas Christrowdis said, “‘Plagiarism’ is a lyricist and exhausting his ideas and inspiration. In the song, the character is pressured to put words on music written by the band, and he realizes that he is already finding it, as he has already used everything, and that he is discovering that he is being punished as injustice and punished for death.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcr7wqmmazg
Beaming – “Color” [feat. Kississippi]
Beaming shares the new single from its self-titled debut EP on June 13th at Rose Garden. The appropriately lively “color” in the dance features backing vocals from Zoe Reynolds of the state of Kishisippi. “It’s about making a difference in your life, getting backwards and finding something that really makes you happy,” explained Derek Ted. “The “Color” began when Braden recorded a sample of the keyboard with good intentions while visiting a family on the East Coast. We pitched it, dropped the beat, the song made a difference in your life and wanted to be truly happy.
