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, March 18, 2026.
Kelsey Lu – ‘Running to Pain’
Kelsey Lu’s first album in seven years, So Help Me God, has been announced with the breathtakingly kinetic ‘Running to Pain’. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say it’s giving Melodrama, not least because Jack Antonoff himself produced the album, along with Lu and Yves Rothman. If you like art-pop with a real budget, this is absolutely worth your time.
Hrishikesh Hirway – ‘Rollercoaster’ [feat. Fenne Lily & Uwade]
Hrishikesh Hirway has teamed up with Fenne Lily and Uwade for ‘Rollercoaster’, a tender new offering from his forthcoming album. “The image of a person riding a rollercoaster on their own, struck me as terribly lonely,” Hirway commented. “The endless loop felt like a mirror of the way my own thoughts often feel, and the endlessness of the ocean around Catalina and these buffalo that will never leave there.”
Cola – ‘Conflagration Mindset’
Cola have dropped a striking new single, ‘Conflagration Mindset’, which was written in the aftermath of the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires in which vocalist/guitarist Tim Darcy lost his home. “The phrase ‘Conflagration Mindset’ became a jumping off point for one of the more personal songs on this record, though I certainly pulled from an array of experiences,” he explained. “When you go through something like that, people come out of the woodwork and share their stories with you. I learned a lot about house fires in general and the way they can reshape lives and whole communities. Because of that it’s really a song about the nature of loss in general.”
“This track began as a wintry-cold synth and drum machine exploration that Evan sent around,” he added. “Ben and I were hanging out at his apartment and were immediately taken with it and started messing around with finding ways to play aspects of his synth part on bass and guitar, a fun challenge we continued to explore even in the studio as we played with blending the synthetic and live versions of the track.”
Lime Garden – ‘Downtown Lover’
Lime Garden have shared ‘Downtown Lover’, a three-chord ripper from their upcoming album Maybe Not Tonight. “Downtown lover came from three chords and my need to investigate my regular avoidant behaviour within romantic relationships,” the band’s Chloe Howard explained in a statement. “I saw the phrase ‘downtown love’ in an article online talking about some peoples constant need for something new or attention in general when dating, through recognising this in my myself and in an attempt to try and understand why I act the way I do, I threw this one out in a matter of minutes on my acoustic guitar.”
deary – ‘Alma’
London trio deary have previewed their upcoming LP Birding with one more single, ‘Alma’. “I see Alma as an embodiment of our band,” Rebecca “Dottie” Cockram explained in a statement. “It has been with us for a long time and changed with us along the way. In the past 4 years, we have grown into ourselves and have a much clearer idea of what deary is. In this song, I am talking to my younger self who made the decision to look after us and become a better person.”
Ana Roxanne – ‘Untitled II’
Ana Roxanne has shared a somber, dreamily cinematic song from her forthcoming Poem 1. ‘Untitled II’ is billed as the record’s “pronounced, uninhibited centerpiece,” delivering on the Lynchian promise that’s been present since her first EP, 2019’s ~~~.”
Laura Misch – ‘Kairos’ and ‘Scrolls’
Laura Misch unveiled shared two patiently enveloping tracks from her forthcoming second LP Lithic, ‘Kairos’ and ‘Scrolls’. Recorded between an old slate quarry in Cornwall and the Greek island of Hydra, they feature an 180-year-old stone lithophone, the Musical Stones of Skiddaw.
Zoh Amba – ‘Thousand Years’ and ‘Southern Soil’
Zoh Amba, hitherto known as a free jazz saxophonist and composer, has signed to Matador Records as a guitar-based singer-songwriter. “Amba’s work on Matador will follow a new path,” a press release reads, “that of an emerging guitarist and songwriter with music that draws deeply on their childhood in Kingsport, Tennessee.” Two newly unveiled live tracks, ‘Thousand Years’ and ‘Southern Soil’, recently recorded at the Owl in Brooklyn, are highly promising.
Carly Hann – ‘Alone’
You might recognize Carly Hann’s voice from her feature on the 1975’s ‘About You’, one of the band’s all-time best. Today, Hann has announced her debut EP, Alone, which was made alongside her husband Adam Hann, lead guitarist of the 1975. The stirring, gauzy title track is out today.
Carla J Easton – ‘Really, Really, Really, Really Sad’
Carla J Easton has shared a new song, ‘Really, Really, Really, Really Sad’, which is also really, really jangly. Co-written with Hefner’s Darren Hayman, it’s lifted from her forthcoming album I Think That I Might Love You.
Splitview – ‘Denial’
Grungegaze outfit Splitview have announced their debut EP, Believe You’ll Be Alright, arriving April 10 on Static Era Records. They’ve shared ‘Denial’ along with the news, a dynamic track that “focuses on how the lyrical emotion changes between the verses and the bridge, in a sort of back and forth approach,” according to vocalist Erik Brzoska. “Earlier on in the track is foreshadowing the gravity of the decisions you’ve made, while the chorus is a note of self-reflection.”
