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 Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
Kevin Morby – ‘Nursery Rhyme’ [feat. Lonnie Holley]
Kevin Morby has collaborated with Lonnie Holley on a new protest song, ‘Nursery Rhyme’, which is only available on Bandcamp. All proceeds from the eerie, roiling track will benefit Everytown for Gun Safety. “In light of recent events, I’ve decided to release a new song called ‘Nursery Rhyme’ – a song I’ve had in my back pocket that I’ve been hesitant to release ever since recording it in summer of 2025,” Morby explained. “It is far and away the darkest and most violent song I’ve ever written and because of that, I am releasing it on my Bandcamp only – a corner of the internet that one has to willingly go to, as I did not want to run the risk of the song popping up in any sort of algorithm or entering someone’s psyche without permission. So, trigger warning: Nursery Rhyme contains themes of gun violence against children.”
He continued: “Themes, of course, that we are inundated with on our screens on a daily basis. Themes that, as a new father, make my heart break for the parents and their children in a way that was not possible before. But writing ‘Nursery Rhyme’ has provided a space for my anger to temporarily live. Maybe you can put some of your collective anger into listening to the song and maybe it can also provide you with a bit of catharsis. I hope so. It’s hard to know what else to do in a country where the powers-that-be worship inside the church of weapons of mass destruction and value profits over the lives of our children. Sometimes you just gotta scream.”
Everything But the Girl – ‘Young and Dumb’
Everything But the Girl have announced a new album, Blue Reservoir, much of which was written after the duo’s Ben Watt bought a Spanish nylon-string guitar. “It is the sound of so much of the music I first connected with growing up, and I’d never actually owned one,” he explained. “It became quite an emotional springboard for me. I found a voice I thought I’d lost.” You can hear that youthfulness and tender vulnerability on the album’s lead track, ‘Young and Dumb’, which comes paired with a video directed by Edward Bishop.
DIIV – ‘Dare Me’
Ahead of the release of their new album ZIRP! on Friday, DIIV have dropped one more single, ‘Dare Me’. It follows previous cuts ‘Trillions’, ‘Kid’, and ‘The Fountain’.
Queens of the Stone Age – ‘Run Away From the Mob’
Leading up to the release of their album Perfecth this Friday, Queens of The Stone Age Release have shared one final preview, ‘Run Away From the Mob’. About the track, Josh Homme said: “It’s a letter. A last one, addressed to an oldest son – ‘if you’re reading this, everything went wrong, and here’s what you have to do’. The end is the sound of a father standing behind his son.”
This Is The Kit – ‘Safety Valve’ [feat. Richard Dawson]
This is the Kit has teamed up with Richard Dawson for a haunting new single, ‘Safety Value’, lifted from the forthcoming LP Ghost Coat. “This is a song dedicated to friends who come to your rescue,” Kate Stables said in a statement. “A helping hand. Someone who listens and doesn’t judge. And getting out on your bike and feeling better. Speaking of kind non-judgemental people, I had been dreaming of asking Richard Dawson to sing on the new record and somehow managed to pluck up the courage to ask him to sing on this track. He graciously accepted the challenge and it immediately turned it into one of my favourite songs on the album. Absolute legend. Finest pipes in the business.”
Always You – ‘Eye to Eye’
Always You, the project of Los Angeles-based twins Christoph and Anton Hochheim – have shared a pensive yet kinetic new track, ‘Eye to Eye’. It’s lifted from their forthcoming record Against The World, which is produced by Jack Tatum of Wild Nothing. The band explained: “I usually try to avoid writing from an angry perspective but ‘Eye To Eye’ is explicitly that. I suppose it’s about being in a pressure cooker of simmering resentment, where belittling comments stack up until you feel like the walls are closing in on you and efforts to self-soothe and self-centre are all in vain. The only moment of harmony is in impending separation which becomes a fantasy one wouldn’t dare act on. It’s draped in a somber atmosphere but propelled with aggressive breakbeats to help punctuate that frenetic headspace.”
Tindersticks – ‘Loving, leaving’
Tindersticks have detailed their 15th studio album, Dog roses, with the new single ‘Loving, leaving’, which features The Invisible’s Dave Okumu. “Most things I have learned, that I thought I knew about making albums proved to be of little use when making Dog roses,” Stuart Staples reflected. “I have always had a strong sense of time and place in my writing – but sometimes while making this album it felt like trying to catch only a fragrance or the feeling of the knot in my stomach, or catching a glance of myself in a mirror – the 1000 questions, thoughts, emotions you can feel in one moment.”
nowhere else to be – ‘r1 (ripples)’
nowhere else to be – a Montreal indie rock band led by Oscar Louis and Chris Vincent – have announced their debut self-titled album – out April 12 via Rose Garden – with the infectiously fuzzy ‘r1 (ripples)’. “‘r1’ is the album’s thesis,” the band explained. “A violent, beautiful birth. You are the result of everything that came before you, but you are also constantly influencing everything around you. That can destroy you or give you power.” They added:
The song moves through three emotional phases:
1. the joy of feeling connected to something larger than yourself
2. the tragedy of a man, Oscar’s father, strung out and alone, unable to carry that weight
3. and then back to the opening question: aren’t we all ripples?
Barrie – ‘Gloria’
Barrie is back with a new single. “I’ve been working on this song for four years,” Barrie Lindsay said of the playful, kaleidoscopic ‘Gloria’, which is how long it’s been since her last album, Barbara.
Prima Queen – ‘Alanis Morissette’
Prima Queen have announced their second album, A Touch of Divine, which is set to be released on February 26 via Submarine Cat Records. ‘Alanis Morisette’ leads the LP, which was produced by Oli Deakin. According to the band, “The song ‘Alanis Morissette’ came from a conversation with a friend who said, ‘It sounds like you’re not sad – you’re angry!’ Anger is a huge part of grieving heartbreak, but sometimes it’s hard to let yourself feel those feelings and allow yourself to express it. This song is about acknowledging that anger, and about the way female friendship can give you a safe place to finally let it out.”
