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 Thursday, March 26, 2026.
Paul McCartney – ‘Days We Left Behind’
Paul McCartney is releasing a new album that’s billed as an autobiographical account of his childhood in post-war Liverpool. The Boys of Dungeon Lane is led by ‘Days We Left Behind’, an acoustic tune that’s as nostalgic as you might expect. “This is very much a memory song for me,” he explained. “The album title, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, comes from a lyric in this track. I was thinking just that, about the days I left behind and I do often wonder if I’m just writing about the past but then I think how can you write about anything else? It’s just a lot of memories of Liverpool. It involves a bit in the middle about John and Forthlin Road which is the street I used to live in. Dungeon Lane is near there. I used to live in a place called Speke which is quite working class. We didn’t have much at all but it didn’t matter because all the people were great and you didn’t notice you didn’t have much.”
Jessie Ware – ‘Automatic’
Step into the world of Jessie Ware’s upcoming album Superbloom with its latest single, ‘Automatic’. It opens with a spoken word cameo from actor Colman Domingo, who says, “Do you know what you’ve got? You’ve got a perfect woman.” In a statement about the track, Ware said: “’Automatic’ was the first song where I really felt like I was bringing the dance and soul world together for this album. I wrote it with Kamille, Karma Kid and Baz. Karma had this amazing sample and groove, and it all clicked instantly. Kamille and I couldn’t stop writing; it just flowed really naturally. That’s probably what I love most about it, it feels effortless and like it can exist in any setting.” She continued:
It’s a celebration of romance and connection. I was actually the voice at the beginning at first, but I wanted someone sexier and smoother and I knew Colman Domingo was the man for the job! He comes in as this ‘voice of the love gods.’
I remember being in a strings session for the album when I had the idea to ask him, and he said yes straight away. I gave him the script and he voice noted it back within the hour! I feel really lucky to have friends who are up for indulging my ideas.
The Saddest Landscape – ‘The Invisible Hurt’ [feat. Julien Baker]
Julien Baker used to do quite a few guest features on post-hardcore tracks, including by The Armed and Touché Amoré. Although boygenius has only brought her more fame, she keeps doing that sort of thing, which rules. Today, she appears on the new single by Boston post-hardcore outfit the Saddest Landscape, ‘The Invisible Hurt’. Her voice isn’t buried in the background, which isn’t to say the seven-minute track isn’t frenetic: that buildup is incredible. “When I was growing up in Memphis, the bands I watched at house shows were referencing TSL albums,” Baker shared. “I remember listening to ‘You Will Not Survive’ and hearing a familiar beautiful voice singing among the screaming, so I looked in the liner notes and saw it was Laura Stevenson (who I loved) doing guest vocals . I was playing shows with a bunch of dudes in heavy bands, I really connected to the music but I hadn’t yet seen a lot of examples of someone with my voice integrated into that style.
“I was so elated. To see this aggressive band collaborating with someone with such a different sound, it set a precedent for me. When the band reached out I was so excited to be on the song, it felt very cyclical. I also felt very encouraged by them. I’ve definitely felt that there are certain qualities of performance that people expect from me as a musician, which is fine – one of those though is a certain emotionality or formal prettiness or something. Andy and I talked before recording about how to approach the song and when I offered wanting to explore a deliberately uglier more aggressive vocal performance they were excited and really affirming.”
girl_irl & Danny Brown – ‘Magic’
Danny Brown’s latest album, Stardust, was largely inspired by hyperpop. But the rapper’s fixation with the genre doesn’t stop there; today, he’s shared a collaboration with a pretty underground artist who goes by girl_irl. It’s called ‘Music’, and I suggest pairing it with Danny Brown collaborator underscores’ recent single of the same name.
Rare DM – ‘Compliment’
Rare DM has announced a new album, Attention, which comes out on May 29. Along with the news, she’s shared the party-starting electroclash tune ‘Compliment’, along with a Lisa Saeboe-directed clip. “‘Compliment’ started with writing lyrics with my Juno 60, using twisting bouncy arpeggiators and chopping up my original vocals into rhythmic stabs,” Erin Hoagg recalled. “It is inspired by when you are in a relationship and someone who you had eyes for (before meeting your s/o) suddenly pays attention to you. I was sent a suggestive message from someone and wasn’t single anymore. As the lyrics share: “don’t you worry about it for a second, I can take a compliment” because hey, I don’t want them to feel embarrassed or bad, they didn’t know that I met someone! This all being said… I can’t control if they are thinking of me. “You can’t have it… but you can imagine it.”
Tim Kasher’s home phone – ‘The Dying Animal’ and ‘The Collapse’
Tim Kasher (Cursive, The Good Life) is readying a new album as Tim Kasher’s home phone. He conceptualized and wrote Sponges of Experience, arriving May 22 via Born Losers, in a single four-day weekend, inspired by something he heard Elvis Costello say on a talk show. Two songs from it, the deceptively upbeat opener ‘The Dying Animal’ and the more wistful ‘The Collapse’, are out now. “This funny little trifle of a weekend project wound up meaning a lot to me,” Kasher remarked. “I love music and songwriting in a way I don’t think I’ll ever quite be able to explain, though I’m sure I’ll continue to try, and will continue to express this adoration for the rest of my days. I feel so incredibly thankful for being a songwriter, and I encourage all of you to become songwriters as well. They don’t gotta be good songs, it’s enough that they’re simply yours.”
Hold My Own – ‘Negative Shit’ [feat. Fatal Realm’s Mike Shaw]
Hardcore outfit Hold My Own have announced their debut LP, Pay No Mind – out April 17 – with the stomping, anthemic lead single ‘Negative Shit’. It features guest vocals and a guitar solo from Fatal Realm leader/Mindforce guitarist Mike Shaw.
Poison Ruïn – ‘Guts (Lay Yourself Aside)’
Poison Ruïn are releasing their new album, Hymn From the Hills, next week, and today they’ve shared the gruelling new cut ‘Guts (Lay Yourself Aside)’. It finds songwriter Mac Kennedy warning “against falling into the paralysis of false moral purity and petty fantasies of self-preservation,” per a press release.
Namasenda – ‘Bad Love’
Swedish dance-pop artist has teased her forthcoming debut album, Limbo, with a new song called ‘Bad Love’. Following earlier cuts ‘Cola’ and ‘Miami Crest’, it’s only 95 seconds long, but it gets the point across pretty infectiously.
