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, July 23, 2025.
Flock of Dimes – ‘Long After Midnight’
Flock of Dimes, the solo project of multi-instrumentalist and producer Jenn Wasner, has announced a new LP, The Life You Save. It’s led by the tender and twangy new single ‘Long After Midnight’, which comes paired with a video by Spencer Kelly. “I live my life among the lucky ones/ When things are bad I never let them know,” she sings. “When you come from where I come from/ There’s only so far you can go.”
Rachel Bobbitt – ‘Hands Hands Hands’
Toronto singer-songwriter Rachel Bobbitt has announced her debut album, Swimming Towards the Sand, arriving October 17 via Fantasy. Leading the record is the sweepingly cathartic ‘Hands Hands Hands’, which reminds me of a gritty Samia ballad. “’Hands Hands Hands’ is equal parts dream and experience—the first verse built around the experience of losing a loved one from afar, and the second verse a surreal depiction of the feelings of helplessness and horror that can accompany grief,” Bobbitt explained. “The chorus is borrowed from a children’s song from the 1870s—a song my grandfather used to sing constantly, called ‘Reuben and Rachel’.”
C.Y.M. – ‘Catania’ and ‘Justify’
C.Y.M. is the duo of Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio and electronic producer Michael Greene (aka Fort Romeau), and they’re back today with two new songs, ‘Catania’ and ‘Justify’, which are slinky and enveloping. “‘Justify / Catania’ is the first taste of a journey that began in January 2020,” the band shared. “This journey involves many places (Los Angeles, London, Glasgow, Paris & Lagos) and many extremely talented collaborators (we’ll be telling you all about them soon). There’s a long road ahead, for now we hope you enjoy the beginning of this ride. ”
Daniel Avery – ‘Rapture in Blue’
London-based producer Daniel Avery has detailed his first album for Domino, Tremor, which features Alison Mosshart (The Kills), yeule, Walter Schreifels, and more. The shimmery, hypnotic lead single ‘Rapture in Blue’ boasts vocals from Cecile Believe and guitar from Andy Bell of Ride and Oasis.
Avalon Emerson – ‘Sort of Like a Dream’ [feat. Anunaku] and ‘You’re My World’ [feat. Priori]
Avalon Emerson has shared two new songs, ‘Sort of Like a Dream’ and ‘You’re My World’. Kicking off her just-unveiled Perpetual Emotion Machine EP, they’re both thrillingly kinetic.
Ada Lea – ‘midnight magic’
Ada Lea has shared another offering from her forthcoming album when i paint my masterpiece. ‘midnight magic’ harbours a cosmic intimacy, and Alexandra Levy had this to say about it: “I felt like I was taking a leap of faith with this surreal approach — and it felt good to trust that the song knew best. In an artist talk, Margaux Williamson said her new body of work took her 8 years to complete, and said ‘I am constantly needing to remind myself that the hand knows better than the brain.’ I nodded Yes. When it came time to record the vocals, a lot had happened since the initial recording session, the most significant being a second trimester pregnancy loss. It was grueling. As soon as I physically could, I started singing and resumed working on the album again. As I sang the first lines of this song, which go ‘angel, promise me this,’ I immediately burst into tears because I knew that the song was for my baby.”
Kieran Hebden and William Tyler – ‘Spider Ballad’
Kieran Hebden and William Tyler have unveiled ‘Spider Ballad’, the second single from their collaborative 41 Longfield Street Late ‘80s. Following their cover of Lyle Lovett’s ‘If I Had A Boat’, the track ebbs and flows with beautiful subtlety.
WILDES – ‘All I Get’
London-based singer-songwriter WILDES, born Ella Walker, has announced her sophomore album All We Do Is Feel – out September 12 – with the stirring ‘All I Get’. “Writing ‘All I Get’ really took me on a path I wasn’t expecting, both in its messaging and how the production emerged,” WILDES reflected. “It was a liberating song to write – I had spent months musing on how little I had, how so much had been taken from me emotionally, leaving me feeling bereft – but I realised in writing it, that ‘all’ I had left was in fact abundant and rich. Left in the wake of that break-up was evidence that I had really lived and loved, I had received so much support from those around me, and I had made it through a transformative period that pushed me into becoming a better person. This song makes me feel like a living thing.”
The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die – ‘Dissolving’
TWIABP have delivered another preview of their upcoming record Dreams of Being Dust, which is fuzzy and despondent before erupting at just the right moment. Lead vocalist David F. Bello explained: “Lyrically ‘Dissolving’ is set in the woods late at night, too far from home, alone enough to notice how fuzzy the boundary is between you and the rest of the outside world. You remember that your skin is always shedding into particles of dust, and there isn’t much difference between you and the trees and the dirt. No matter how old you become, you’re still developing, changing, and growing into something new. Even once you are nothing but a memory, you will have evolved and will haunt the air. Donna Haraway’s ‘A Cyborg Manifesto’ says ‘a cyborg would not recognize the Garden of Eden; it is not made of mud and cannot dream of returning to dust.’ You are made of mud and you can dream of returning to dust.”
Case Oats – ‘Nora’
Case Oats, the Chicago-based band led by Casey Gomez Walker, have previewed their debut album Last Missouri Exit with an introspective yet upbeat track called ‘Nora’. “Sometimes you find yourself in a relationship with someone who clearly loves their ex,” Walker said. “You kid yourself, thinking it might not be true, or that they might start loving you. You stick around. But in the end they won’t. So this song is a love letter to my ex’s once and future lover. If they’re meant to be together there’s no use in being mad. I’m genuinely thanking her for releasing me from that situation and celebrating her love. I don’t see why anyone should be mad at real love. It should be honored. So in this song I’m saying I love you to her, I’m glad you’re here now, I can see now.”
bloodsports – ‘Rosary’
bloodsports – the Brooklyn band comprising Sam Murphy (guitar/vocals), Jeremy Mock (Guitar), Liv Eriksen (bass/vocals) – have announced their debut LP, out October 17. The haunting and dramatic ‘Rosary’ accompanies the news, and Murphy had this to say about it: “This song was written about a relationship that I ended, and reminiscing about the feelings months after the fact. Lyrically, it’s a very bittersweet song. It looks back positively on the time that was spent but there’s also a layer of regret about the things that never quite came to fruition. It’s strange to sing live now because the relationship that it’s referencing has since been rekindled but I can still connect to those feelings from back then.”
TOPS – ‘Annihilation’
The latest single from TOPS’ Bury the Key is called ‘Annihilation’, but don’t let that freak you out; it’s still a sleek indie pop tune. Thematically, it’s “about navigating a world on the edge of collapse,” according to the band. “It’s easy to fear the future but in the end nothing is ever finished and you just gotta follow your heart. It’s like a mix of complacency and surrendering.”
Hunx and His Punx – ‘Wild Boys’
Hunx and His Punx throw it back on ‘Wild Boys’, the latest single from their first new album in 12 years, Walk Out on This World.
Silver Gore – ‘Dogs in Heaven’
Silver Gore – the London-based duo of Ava Gore and Ethan P. Flynn – have shared their entrancing debut single, ‘Dogs in Heaven’. It’s inspired by the comfort that Gore found as a child in repeatedly watching the animated film All Dogs Go to Heaven before later discovering that one of the child actors had in fact been murdered by her father. “I spent lots of hours alone, watching this film with our family dog,” Gore recalled. “This song is about making decisions and the unexpected consequences that come from them.”
Peyton – ‘Not Your Girl’
Houston R&B artist Peyton is back with news of her next album, Au. The follow-up to 2021’s PSA is out September 12, and the lead single ‘Not Your Girl’ is out now. “I used to think I had to beg to be loved,” Peyton commented. “Now I know that real love, romantic or not, feels natural and freeing. You don’t have to force it, and you definitely don’t have to shrink for it.”
Joyeria – ‘I don’t know, who cares?’
Speedy Wunderground signee Joyeria has served up a new single, ‘I don’t know, who cares?’, which is caustic yet playful. “Losing your mind is such a terrible thing, and you’ll be the last to know,” it begins.
Far Caspian – ‘Whim’
Ahead of the release of his new album Autofiction on Friday, Far Caspian has offered one more hazy yet driving track, ‘Whim’. It follows the title song, ‘An Outstretched Hand / Rain From Here To Kerry’, and ‘First Day’.
Pynch – ‘Post-Punk / New-Wave’
London-based group Pynch have announced their latest album, Beautiful Noise, out October 3. Lead single ‘Post-Punk / New-Wave’, as the title suggests, is pretty meta. “We wanted to announce Beautiful Noise with Post-Punk / New-Wave because it captures the playful spirit of the record and in a way tells the story of the band through its lyrics,” guitarist/vocalist Spencer Enock explained. “It’s an ironic but sincere take on making DIY music in the modern world and I love that it feels like a pop song without really having a chorus – like a slacker rock Band on the Run.”
