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 September 4, 2025.
Sword II – ‘Even If It’s Just A Dream’
Sword II — the Atlanta trio Mari González, Certain Zuko, and Travis Arnold — have announced a new album, Electric Hour, arriving November 14 via section1. It’s led by the nightmarish, electrifying new single ‘Even If It’s Just A Dream’. “The title was inspired by the idea that we are in the era of surveillance technology, but also we imagined ‘electric hour’ as something powerful, a time for creativity, potency and revolution – ‘the time is now’ type situation,” the group said of the LP. “We imagined the ‘hour’ as the time a band gets to be on stage – one hour to make your point to the audience, to make sense of the situation facing humanity. One hour to bring into the physical world the music that resonates with people facing repression, increasing alienation, and violence. Basically, one shot to make the revolution. It’s very daunting because you only get one life, one hour. But our limitation is what shows us what is important, what is worthy of our time in this life.”
Softcult – ’16/25′
Softcult have announced their debut LP, When a Flower Doesn’t Grow, which doesn’t come out until the the beginning of next year. The riveting new single ’16/25′, though, is out now. “It points out the cognitive dissonance men perpetuate while trying to possess and control younger women,” Mercedes Arn-Horn said of the track.
Latto and Ice Spice – ‘Gyatt’
Having squashed their beef, Latto and Ice Spice have joined forces for a new song called ‘Gyatt’. It’s produced by Pooh Beatz, Go Grizzly, Cheeze Beatz, and SupaKaine.
Steve Gunn – ‘Nearly There’
Steve Gunn has announced a new album, Daylight Daylight, which opens with the ethereal and engrossing ‘Nearly There’. Instead of bringing together a band to flesh out the new songs, Gunn primarily worked with producer James Elkington.
Emily Yacina – ‘The Clearing’
No one writes about vulnerability, rather than just with it, quite like Emily Yacina, and her new single ‘The Clearing’ is further proof. “I think of ‘The Clearing’ as the arc of the album,” Yacina explained, referring to the upcoming Veilfall. “It’s an ode to the space that only intimacy with another person can take you. This song evolved a lot — I began writing it in 2022. The lyrics are minimal, and we wanted to honor that by exploring the different places the words can take you through sound and instrumentation.”
The Antlers – ‘Something in the Air’
The Antlers have shared a new single, ‘Something in the Air’, from their upcoming album Blight. It’s “about a looming threat that can take many forms,” Peter Silberman said in a statement. “Precautions that would have seemed strange a decade ago have become ordinary routines – a new normal set against a backdrop of creeping dread. Meanwhile, doom lies dormant, waiting to erupt.”
Guided by Voices – ‘(You Can’t Go Back To) Oxford Talawanda’
There’s a new Guided by Voices album on the way, which is hardly ever not the case. Thick, Rich And Delicious, the band’s 42nd studio album, is out October 31, previewed today by the roiling, naturally hooky new song ‘(You Can’t Go Back To) Oxford Talawanda’.
Robert Plant – ‘Chevrolet’
Robert Plant has released ‘Chevrolet,’ the opening track of his upcoming album Saving Grace. It’s an enticing rendition of Donovan’s 1965 ‘Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)’.
The Belair Lip Bombs – ‘Don’t Let Them Tell You (It’s Fair)’
The Belair Lip Bombs – the Australian quartet of Maisie Everett, Mike Bradvica, Jimmy Droughton, and Daniel “Dev” Devlin – have dropped a gripping new song, ‘Don’t Let Them Tell You (It’s Fair)’. “It’s about not letting anyone walk all over you,” Maisie explained. “Have confidence in what you’re doing and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.” She added: “I was messing around on my guitar with the Keith Richards tuning when I came up with the intro riff. The line ‘you gotta make your own luck’ came from my friend Alex Lahey. I remember meeting up with her a couple of years ago for the first time. I had a really inspiring conversation with her that day. We talked about all things music – the different challenges that she’d had to overcome in her musical career. And I remember her saying to me, ‘You have to make your own luck.’ I don’t know why, but it really stuck with me. You have to believe in yourself and you have to always work hard, but the hard work only works if you believe in yourself at the same time.”
Georgia – ‘Get Over It’
Georgia has dropped ‘Get Over It’, a euphoric song she worked on with Frost Children. “Frost Children and I got together and on one grey London night in my studio pretty much wrote & produced this whole song,” she explained. “Angel & Lulu completely inspired me from there on and altered my whole musical writing landscape. I ended up spending time with them in New York and shared beautiful memories before bringing the track back to London to finish with my long term collaborator, Mark Ralph. This song is meant to make you just lose yourself & throw your hands up and let go of whatever you are going through, even if it is for just 3 minutes!”
hemlocke springs – ‘the beginning of the end’
hemlocke springs is back with a new single, ‘the beginning of the end’, which is whimsically shapeshifting yet emotive. “I wrote this song seven years ago, when I was meeting people in college who didn’t grow up religious,” she recalled. “I was meeting people of different sexualities for the first time and questioning the Christian rhetoric that being gay is an abhorrence. It was a very distinct switch from my upbringing, where I was banned from dating or having sleepovers. So this song is me trying to sort all my thoughts and feelings of once being restricted like, ‘Can’t I have some normalcy?’”
Matt Pryor – ‘The Salton Sea’
The Get Up Kids frontman Matt Pryor has announced a new solo album The Salton Sea, previewing it with the breathless title track. The record is set to arrive on November 14 via Nightshoes Syndicate.
Willie Nelson – ‘Workin’ Man Blues’ (Merle Haggard Cover)
Willie Nelson has announced his 155th (!) album, Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle, a tribute to Merle Haggard, with whom he released three collaborative albums. Today, he’s shared his cover ‘Workin’ Man Blues’, which Haggard took to No. 1 on the country charts in 1969.
knitting – ‘Fold’
Montreal’s knitting have unveiled a jittery track called ‘Fold’. “I wrote this song while I was experiencing a wave of social anxiety,” bandleader Mischa Dempsey explained. “I wanted to explore the suspicion that others will always be able to see something about you that you yourself cannot see and that thus their perception will always be more accurate. Consequently, in this state of mind I find myself turning into a bit of a people-pleaser (something I’m trying to grow out of). This song is my attempt to shake myself out of this way of thinking and demonstrate to myself how useless this mindset is.”
Jesca Hoop – ‘Animal Kingdom Chaotic’
Jesca Hoop has announced Selective Memory, a live, unplugged reworking of her 2017 album Memories Are Now. It’s an interesting concept, given that LP is pretty raw in its original recording. “Though I wrote these songs 12 years ago, strangely they feel so very relevant to me today,” Hoop commented. “And the album ends in one hell of a protest song… if I do say so myself.”
University – ‘Bee’
Following their debut LP, McCartney, It’ll Be OK, University have announced a three-track EP called YES, which is led by an off-kilter song called ‘Bee’. The project is out September 26 via Transgressive.
Penelope Trappes – ‘Home’
Australian artist Penelope Trappes is releasing Æternum, a collection of companion pieces to April’s A Requiem, on October 31. The wondrously minimal ‘Home’ comes with a video directed by Agnes Haus, who said: “We had 1 week to shoot and edit this video, so we wanted to keep it simple. To film the first nostalgic half, I used a 90’s Hi-8 video camera that someone threw out on the street in London. The lightning is from this majestic electrical storm that happened while Penelope and I were in Byron Bay, Australia. The black windmill is in East Sussex. The idea was to connect Penelope’s past home with her new home.”
