Throughout the week, we Best New Songs Playlist We’ll be showcasing the hottest new releases, including leading-up album singles and newly-announced deep cuts, and every Monday we’ll round up the best new songs released over the past week in our Best New Music segment (coverage period begins Monday and ends Sunday night).
This week’s list includes the cathartic eight-minute single “Greyhound,” the lead track from Foxing’s next album; Trace Mountains’ powerful seven-and-a-half minute existential single “In a Dream;” Magdalena Bay’s kaleidoscopic “Tunnel Vision,” which harkens back to the duo’s prog rock origins; Jane Remover’s hazy, mesmerizing new track “Dream Sequence;” Hi Vis’s “Mind’s a Lie,” which injects elements of house music into its post-hardcore sound; A$AP Rocky and Jessica Pratt’s surprisingly effective collaboration “Highjack”; and “M,” the serene, pensive lead single from Soccer Mommy’s upcoming album. evergreen; MJ Lenderman’s “Joker Lips,” which evokes genuine poignancy in between punchlines; the hypnotically delicate “Kid Muscle” by Sex Week; the uplifting and colorful collaboration with Jamie X and the Avalanches on “All You Children”; and the beautiful new track “Seed of a Seed” from Portland’s own Hayley Heinderichs.
Best New Song: August 5, 2024
Foxing, “Greyhound”
Trace Mountains “In My Dreams”
Song of the week: Magdalena Bay “Tunnel Vision”
Jane Remover, “Dream Sequence”
Hi Vis: Mind’s a Lie
A$AP Rocky feat. Jessica Pratt “Hijack”
Soccer Mom “M”
MJ Lenderman “Joker Lips”
Sex Week, “Kid Muscle”
Jamie XX feat. The Avalanches, “All Your Children”
Haley Heinderichs “Season of a Seed”
