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 Thursday, September 18, 2025.
Samia – ‘Cinder Block’
Samia has shared a new track, ‘Cinder Block’, which builds off the world of her latest album Bloodless but remains relatively spare. “This one’s sort of an extension of Bloodless — took most of it from poems and wanted it to feel like treading water,” Samia explained. “Was listening to a lot of Leonard Cohen and the Theory of Forms reference in ‘Suzanne’ felt pertinent — then it just became a recurring bit in the song to quote him. Jack Sparrow’s compass only points to what the person holding it wants the most.
keiyaA – ‘take it’
Chicago-born, New York–based soul musician keiyaA has announced her sophomore album, Hooke’s Law, arriving October 31 via XL. The hypnotically taunting lead single ‘take it’ comes with a video co-directed by Caity Arthur and keiyaA. “An album about the journey of self love, from an angle that isn’t all affirmations and capitalistic self-care,” keiyaA explained. “It’s not a linear story with a moral at the end. It’s more of a cycle, a spiral – it’s Hooke’s law. With this work, I aim to interrogate and embrace anger and conflict, disappointment and dissatisfaction, about not being docile and about rejecting mammyism and traditional expectations of fat black brown and dark skinned women in our communities. I speak about desire + longing, about examining maladaptive tendencies, conflict avoidance – the eternal relationship with the self.”
Jenny on Holiday – ‘Every Ounce Of Me’
Jenny Hollingworth of Let’s Eat Grandma has introduced a new project, Jenny on Holiday, with the soaring, vibrant track ‘Every Ounce Of Me’. She wrote it during the stillness of Norwich summers before completing it in London with producer Steph Marziano. “‘Every Ounce of Me’ was inspired by singing dramatic, fun, 80s love songs at karaoke with my friends,” Hollingworth explained. “I wanted to write something of my own I could imagine in that setting. It’s a song about not being able to help falling for someone despite your reservations about love and trying your hardest not to.”
Spiritual Cramp – ‘Automatic’
Spiritual Cramp have dropped a bouncy, swaggering new single called ‘Automatic’, which is set to appear on their sophomore album RUDE. Following previous ‘Young Offenders’ and ‘At My Funeral’, it’s more reminiscent of the Killers than anything off their first LP.
The Black Rabbits (Albert Hammond, Jr. and Jude Law) – ‘Turned To Black’ and ‘Outside People’
In the new Netflix series Black Rabbits, Jude Law plays a character who used to front a band called the Black Rabbits. The band’s songs appear in the show in flashback scenes, and Law actually recorded them with the Strokes’ Albert Hammond, Jr. ‘Turned To Black’ and ‘Outside People’ both sound pretty in line with Hammond’s own work and in the Strokes.
Anna von Hausswolff – ‘Facing Atlas’
Anna von Hausswolff has shared a shimmering, cosmically resonant new song called ‘Facing Atlas’, taken from her upcoming full-length ICONOCLASTS. “’Facing Atlas’ is about the risks of commitment; to be bound to something until you no longer feel control over yourself and your direction in life,” the Swedish musician and composer explained. “A destiny can feel like a prison if it’s not chosen by heart’s desire.”
Snooper – ‘Pom Pom’
Snooper have already dropped plenty of tracks from their upcoming album Worldwide. Today, we get another playful, hooky assault called ‘Pom Pom’, which brings to mind the Norwegian band Pom Poko in more than just its title. “‘Pom Pom’ is about being your own cheerleader, a topic that is explored throughout the whole record,” vocalist Blair Tramel said in a statement. “It’s about having to sit on the sidelines sometimes, supporting others, taking hits, and bouncing back. After cheering for other people for long enough, you reach a point where you learn to cheer for yourself as well. While self confidence is important, you also have to be able to laugh at yourself. Honestly, if you can’t laugh at yourself, you might have some work to do — GO TEAM!!!!”
Sassy 009 – ‘Butterflies’
Sassy 009 has shared ‘Butterflies’, the buzzing, kinetic opener of her debut album Dreamer+, which has been set for release on January 16 via HEAVEN-SENT / [PIAS]. The track is accompanied by a music video from director Maria Hilde.
BEA1991 – ‘Tummy Bug’
Beatriz de Rijke, the Dutch-British artist who records music as BEA1991, has unveiled an achingly weary song called ‘Tummy Bug’. “Tummy Bug is here for you,” BEA1991 said. “She is a song about women’s reproductive health being dismissed in medical science and society at large, about the heartbreak, physical pain and loneliness this causes worldwide, and about how in the future, it must and will be different.”
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