There’s so much music coming out all the time that it’s hard to keep track. On those days when the influx of new tracks is particularly overwhelming, we sift through the noise to bring you a curated list of the most interesting new releases (the best of which will be added to our Best New Songs playlist). Below, check out our track roundup for Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
The Antlers – ‘Carnage’
The Antlers have announced their first album since 2021’s Green to Gold. Leading Blight is the delicately devastating ‘Carnage’, which is “a song about a kind of violence we rarely acknowledge — violence not born of cruelty, but of convenience,” according to Peter Silberman. “Innocent creatures are swept up in the path of destruction as their world collides with ours, and we barely notice.”
Yves Tumor & NINA – ‘WE DONT COUNT’
Yves Tumor has teamed up with NINA, one third of the London’s bar italia, for the new single ‘WE DONT COUNT’. It’s an interesting and downright infectious fusion of the artists’ experimental rock styles.
Tom Skinner – ‘Kaleidoscopic Visions’
The Smile’s Tom Skinner has announced his second solo album, Kaleidoscopic Visions, which is out September 26 and features contributions from Meshell Ndegeocello, Portishead’s Adrian Utley, Contour, Robert Stillman, Yaffra, and more. “‘Kaleidoscopic Visions’ was the first piece I wrote for the album,” Skinner said of the dynamically swaing title track. “Based around an intuitive piano improvisation, it set the tone for my approach and the sound I wanted to achieve in the creative process. Showcasing the conversational and collaborative dynamic of the music and my band, it foregrounds a moody, cinematic flow within a hazy, psychedelic backdrop.”
Animal Collective – ‘Buddies on the Blackboard’
After sharing ‘Love on the Big Screen’ last month, Animal Collective have now unveiled its B-side, the fittingly alliterative and playful ‘Buddies on the Blackboard’. Both tracks were produced by Avey Tare and Adam McDaniel.
Snooper – ‘Worldwide’
Snooper have announced a new album, Worldwide, which was produced with John Congleton. The leading title track encapsulates the wild ride they’ve been since their 2023 debut Super Snõõper. “The whole idea behind this record was experimentation and change,” guitarist Connor Cummins said, though that change doesn’t seem to involve tempering their unhinged, hyperactive energy.
Silvana Estrada – ‘Dime’
Mexican singer-songwriter has a new album on the way, Vendrán Suaves Lluvias, announcing it with the gorgeous new song ‘Dime’. “From the first song to the last, I tried to create a journey that connects us with joy and movement,” Estrada shared. “I wanted strength and hope to be the guiding thread throughout the album.” Despite the language barrier, that thread feels palpable to me listening to ‘Dime’.
The Beths – ‘Mother, Pray For Me’
If Elizabeth Stokes has written a song more personal and raw than ‘Mother, Pray For Me’, I don’t think it’s seen the light of day. “I cried the whole time writing it,” she said of the latest single from The Beths’ Straight Line Was a Lie. “It’s not really about my mother, it’s about me — what I hope our relationship is, what I think it is, what it maybe actually is, and what I can or can’t expect out of it.” She added, “My mother is a first gen Indonesian immigrant, and very Catholic. I was born in Jakarta and we moved to Auckland when I was four. I think this song is me trying to understand my relationship with my mum, and her relationship to her faith and with her own mother. It was hard to write. We came up with a full band arrangement for the song, but in the end it seemed to feel the clearest with just me and the guitar. And a bit of organ.”
Nourished By Time – ‘BABY BABY’
Nourished By Time’s last single, ‘9 2 5’, made our best songs of June list, so we’re keeping close tabs on the Baltimore artist’s upcoming album The Passionate Ones. Today, we get to hear a new single, the delightfully intoxicated ‘BABY BABY’.
Fleshwater – ‘Jetpack’
Fleshwater have announced a new album, 2000: In Search of the Endless Sky, arriving September 5 on Closed Casket Activities. The exhilarating lead single ‘Jetpack is “…a really special song that takes me on an adventure every time I hear it,” according to guitarist/vocalist Anthony Didio. “It was the main source of inspiration for this album and really encapsulates the entire vibe of it. I’m excited for people to finally hear it and have it take them on their own personal journey.”
Golden Apples – ‘Mind’
Russell Edling has announced a new album as Golden Apples, Shooting Star, which will be out September 19 via Lame-O. Lead single ‘Mind’ is jangly and relatable, exploring “the futility of seeking peace via mindfulness amidst the constant sorrows of the time,” in Edling’s words. “Today, it is impossible to exist for a day without being faced with nearly unthinkable evils, and any defenses I had concocted to keep myself feeling sane and safe have been overwhelmed. It just makes me want to totally erase any and all thoughts by whatever means necessary.”
The Berries – ‘Angelus’
The Berries, the project of Matthew Berry, has announced its self-titled album, which will be self-released on August 29. “This record came out of a need to break from my old self, to break from a lifestyle that I could no longer bear waking up to everyday. It’s equally fueled by remorse and relief—I can rejoice a bit in having found a renewed purpose, but I had to finally stare down everything that was standing in the way of that sense of dignity first.” On the mellow, purposefully arranged new single ‘Angelus’, he sings, “I can’t remember when I lost my mind.” But you can feel things creeping back into view.
Shabason, Krgovich, Tenniscoats – ‘Lose My Breath’ (My Bloody Valentine Cover)
Longtime collaborators Joseph Shabason and Nicholas Krgovich have teamed up with Japanese duo Tenniscoats, who served as a backing band throughout their 2024 tour of Japan, for a new LP. Wao will be out August 29 via Western Vinyl, and they’re announcing it with a beguiling cover of My Bloody Valentine’s ‘Lose My Breath’. “Before the first show of our tour together, Saya asked if I knew this My Bloody Valentine song and if I would join them and sing it as part of their set,” Krgovich recalled. “Of course, I was up for it, but MBV is a bit of a blind spot for me. She was like, “It’s called ‘Lose My Breath,’” and then as soon as the wordless oooh’s happened I was like, “Oh! That one!!!” I had a cassette copy of Isn’t Anything that I got at a thrift store while in high school, and it was in my old Volvo as a teenager. I don’t remember listening to that tape all that much, but I remember loving that melody, and I still do. I’m glad we made a recording of it for the album as a souvenir of the serendipity, and much like finally watching The Sopranos, I need to put “listen to My Bloody Valentine” near the top of my to-do list.”
Lawn – ‘Davie’
‘Davie’, the hooky single accompanying the announcement of Lawn’s new album God Made the Highway (out September 19), is named after their post-college landlord. “The song is about that time in our lives,” Mac Folger explained. “The house was in Hollygrove, New Orleans. It was big and beautiful and falling apart. You could see the dirt through the floorboards in some places, and anything that could break did. The landlord was the type of guy who acted cool and was always high, but in the end, he totally sucked and took all our deposit money. We started Lawn in that house, recording most of the first EP and LP in the living room with our friend Ross (Video Age). We made barely any money working at restaurants, and frequently had bands stay with us for multiple days at a time (this is how we met Mark Edlin, who plays drums on the record and live). Substance use and trying to rock and roll were at an all-time high. The first few weeks in the house, we would regularly spend what little money we had on beers, sit in lawn chairs in an unfurnished living room, and jam while we just sort of shot the shit and played music. Every day held the pursuit of cool, every night we all came back to the same historically preserved shithole. In retrospect, it’s hard to say if they were the worst or the best times, but they were very meaningful.”
Teen Suicide – ‘Fade 2 Blue’ and ‘New Tattoo’
Teen Suicide have returned with two hooky, scuzzy new songs, ‘Fade 2 Blue’ and ‘New Tattoo’, their first new music since the ambitious 2022 LP honeybee table at the butterfly feast. “These two songs were recorded in the brief period before Niko and Flip joined our band last year, probably summer / fall 24?” the band’s mastermind Sam Ray recalled. “So it’s just Kit and I on these two tracks, and they’re very home-recorded as so many of the best Teen Suicide songs have been over the years! So excited to finally have them up so you can all hear, I hope you like them as much as we do, and I hope it makes yall excited as we are for our next album, which will be quite a big shock after these… but in a good way, I promise.” Something tells me they’ll be swinging for the fences.
Sydney Sprague – ‘Long Island’
“When you have to choose between connection and self-preservation because the truth is too messy or just too impossible to communicate,” Sydney Sprague said in a statement about her new song, ‘Long Island’, the latest offering from her forthcoming Peak Experience. “It’s a desperate plea for a moment of relief from the horrors. It’s a genuine request for another long island iced tea.”
Louse – ‘Sugar in the Wound’
Louse have dropped a dazed, blissful new single called ‘Sugar in the Wound’. The band recorded it shortly after releasing their last album, Passions Like Tar, which came out last year. The Cure definitely come to mind, but Louse have their own unique thing going.
Dutch Mustard – ‘Life’
Dutch Mustard has dropped a jittery new single, ‘Life’. Sarah-Jayne Riedel described it as “the soundtrack to that heartbreak you should’ve seen coming, when everything gets so chaotic and absurd, all you want to do is tap out for a minute.”
Pickle Darling – ‘Violence Voyager’
Pickle Darling, the project of Christchurch’s Lukas Mayo, has announced a new album, Battlebots, out September 5 via Father/Daughter. Lead cut ‘Violence Voyager’ exudes a whimsical sense of vulnerability, and it arrives with a Christiane Shortal-directed video that Mayo described as “a low poly ode to nature, and the feeling of connecting to something greater. We took our little PS1 mascot and brought them to transcendence.”
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