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, January 28, 2026.
New German Cinema – ‘My Mistake’ [feat. Carson Cox]
New German Cinema is the new project of Fear of Men’s Jessica Weiss, whose debut album under the moniker, Pain Will Polish Me, comes out March 27. The alluring, propulsive lead single ‘My Mistake’ is a duet with Carson Cox of Merchandise. “I was going to produce Fear of Men and instead we made something totally different I think,” Cox remarked. “True collaboration which is my preferred way to work on music.”
Green-House – ‘Farewell, Little Island’
Green-House have announced a new LP, Hinterlands, with the intricately wondrous ‘Farewell, Little Island’. Their first for Ghostly, the follow-up to 2023’s A Host for All Kinds of Life is out March 20. It explores “the idea of legitimizing certain emotions within music that often aren’t taken seriously in art, like happiness and joy,” according to the band’s Olive Ardizoni.
Him Horrison – ‘Crystalized’
The synth-punk band MSPAINT are versatile enough that you can imagine frontman Deedee making practically any kind of music. But since the group has broken through, maybe you didn’t know he’s been making psych-pop as Him Horrison for about a decade. His first proper LP under the moniker, Starting Not to Hurt, comes out February 4, and the first single, ‘Crystalized’, is quite the trip. “I wanted to revisit Him Horrison after some years of not feeling attached to it,” Deedee explained. “The earlier version of the project was me recording everything on my own and then sometimes have ten-plus members on stage and we’d all party real hard. I don’t live that lifestyle anymore, and it made me feel distant from the music, so I made this album as a way to reconnect with the songs and the singularity of making them. I felt like the project grew into the new person I’ve become…”
“It used to be painful to revisit Him Horrison because the music would remind me of times I was less proud of how I’d carried myself,” he added. “But after making this album and putting more work into it than any other release for the project, it felt like the pain reflected the growth in a way I didn’t appreciate until I engaged with the feelings more.”
Two Shell – ‘Nightmare’
Two Shell are back with a bubbly, euphoric new single called ‘Nightmare’. It arrives on the heels of IIcons, a surprise project featuring a collection of previously unreleased tracks.
Accessory – ‘Calcium’
Accessory, the solo project of Dehd singer-guitarist Jason Balla, has announced its debut album: Dust is out April 17. The tenderly swirling lead single ‘Calcium’ is “about living while the world burns,” according to Balla. “I wrote it in a period of real hopelessness amidst all the suffering and hate that’s been the backdrop of the news lately. A lot of the song is just me trying to wrestle the events of the day into some kind of order, something to make sense of the debris.”
Pearla – ‘Be Around’
Pearla has announced her second album, Song Room, which is set for release on April 24. It’s led by the lonesome and driving ‘Be Around’, a song Nicole Rodriguez says is about “the feeling of isolation that comes with being a highly sensitive and emotional person, and worrying that it makes you hard to be around or hard to love. It’s about that feeling of being ‘too much’ – the fear of what would happen when people see what is really within you.”
Michael Cormier-O’Leary – ‘Marilyn’
Michael Cormier-O’Leary (2nd Grade, Hour) will release a new EP, Proof Enough, on February 25, and today he’s shared ‘Marilyn’, a prettily whimsical tune. “It’s a story about a five-year-old named Marilyn who escapes into her crayon drawings to block out the noise of her home life and her parents’ desire but inability to do the same,” he explained. “In the song’s outro, there are two restated melodies that oscillate back and forth chromatically, suggesting a family unit out of sync or at least having a particularly bad day.”
Telenova – ‘In the Name of Your Love’
Telenova have dropped a bouncy new single, ‘In the Name of Your Love’, the lates preview of their forthcoming The Warning. The song “is about having your life interrupted by love,” frontwoman Angeline Armstrong explained. “Romantic, divine, potent — whatever kind of love it is. Something that wakes you up. Calls you upwards. To something that’s not always easy or comfortable, but is rich, deep and true.”
Lauren Auder – ‘praxis’
London-based artist Lauren Auder is announcing her sophomore full-length, Whole World As Vigil, March 27 via untitled (recs). The infectious and kaleidoscopic ‘praxis’ is out now. “‘praxis’ is built around a sample of a power drill cutting through metal, its seemingly perpetual motion and unstoppable movement felt apt to parallel with an important part of my own philosophy, that keeping yourself moving forward, is enough to live for,” Auder shared. “Musically I was inspired by Steve Reich, Kate Bush and Bruce Springsteen, trying to bring all these worlds together in a way that felt uniquely me.”
Daffo – ‘I Couldn’t Say It To Your Face’ (Arthur Russel Cover)
On the heels of a US tour supporting Wednesday, LA-based artist Gabi Gamberg, aka Daffo, has served up a gorgeous cover of Arthur Russell’s ‘I Couldn’t Say It To Your Face’. It comes with a video directed by Lance Bangs. “What can I say? I love Arthur Russell and I love to sing this song,” Daffo said. “I always used to harmonize to the song when I listened to it, and I love recording with Rob Schnapf and Matt Schuessler, so I thought it would be super cool to get to make my version of the song come to life. I had my friends Nick Wilkerson (drums) and Aidan Finn (guitar, mellotron) come in and add their pieces to it. It was ultimately just a lot of fun!”
Tooth – ‘The Age of Innocence’
London four-piece Tooth have shared their anthemic debut single, ‘The Age of Innocence’. “It was written almost as an epilogue for my adolescence,” the band’s Tom Pollock commented. “I was almost 18 and could feel this restless and confused teenage chapter of my life slowly coming to a close. I realised how clueless I was as a teenager, but also how much fun I’d had. I think the lyrics reflect that duality and fondly reminisce on a period of life that can’t be experienced again. I think, for all of us, this song felt like the start and the end of something indefinable.”
