Throughout the week, we update our Best New Songs playlist with the new releases that caught our attention the most, be it a single leading up to the release of an album or a newly unveiled deep cut. And each Monday, we round up the best new songs released over the past week (the eligibility period begins on Monday and ends Sunday night) in this best new music segment.
This week’s list includes Spirit of the Beehive’s glitchy, hypnotic ‘LET THE VIRGIN DRIVE’, which leads the band’s fifth LP; ‘Perfect Hand’, a shimmery highlight from This Is Lorelei’s new album; Wishy’s bright, swirling new song ‘Triple Seven’; Nilüfer Yanya’s dreamy yet dynamic ‘Method Actor’, the lead single off her upcoming album; Los Angeles shoegaze band MILLY’s pummelling, haunting new song ‘Bittersweet Mary’; Avey Tare’s eerily upbeat ‘Vampire Tongues’, which features his Animal Collective bandmate Panda Bear (Noah Lennox); and ANOHNI and the Johnsons’s’ delicate, emotive new track ‘Breaking’.
Best New Songs: June 17, 2024
Song of the Week: Spirit of the Beehive, ‘LET THE VIRGIN DRIVE’
This Is Lorelei, ‘Perfect Hand’
Wishy, ‘Triple Seven’
Nilüfer Yanya, ‘Method Actor’
MILLY, ‘Bittersweet Mary’
Avey Tare feat. Panda Bear, ‘Vampire Tongues’
ANOHNI and the Johnsons, ‘Breaking’