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.
On this week’s list, we have the Smile’s spacious, hypnotic new single ‘Don’t Get Me Started’; ‘Here’s the Thing’, another nervy, captivating single from Fontaines D.C.’s upcoming album; Pharmarkon’s throbbing, unsettling new track ‘WITHER AND WARP’, which leads the New York noise musician’s first new album in five years; ‘FREEDOM’, the guttural new song from Regional Justice Center, the powerviolence band led by Militarie Gun’s Ian Shelton; little bit’s cathartic new single ‘out to dry’; Adrianne Lenker’s lovely, country-tinged ‘Once a Bunch’; beabadoobee’s ‘Beaches’, the catchy, confident final single from her latest LP; and Half Waif’s ‘Figure’, the gently stirring first single from Nandi Rose’s sixth album under the moniker.
Best New Songs: August 12, 2024
The Smile, ‘Don’t Get Me Started’
Fontaines D.C., ‘Here’s the Thing’
Song of the Week: Pharmakon, ‘WITHER AND WARP’
Regional Justice Center, ‘FREEDOM’
little bit, ‘out to dry’
Adrianne Lenker, ‘Once a Bunch’
beabadoobee, ‘Beaches’
Half Waif, ‘Figurine’
