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, May 7, 2026.
Father John Misty – ‘The Payoff’
Father John Misty has returned with a new song called ‘The Payoff’. It follows January’s ‘The Old Law’, and it’s noisy and grandiose in all the right ways. Josh Tillman co-produced the song with Drew Erickson, who’s recently done beautiful work with Lana Del Rey and Mitski. Michael Harris mixed and engineered the track at Fivestar Studios in Topanga, CA.
Boards of Canada – ‘Introit’ and ‘Prophecy at 1420 MHz’
Boards of Canada recently returned with the announcement of a new album, Inferno, but they didn’t share any music from it at the time. Today, they’ve shared the pair of tracks that open the record, and they arrive alongside a fittingly haunting video directed by Robert Beatty.
Yard Act – ‘Redeemer’
Yard Act have announced their third LP, You’re Gonna Need a Little Music, which happens to be the first they’ve crafted together in the same room. You can hear that dynamic energy on the album’s anthemic lead single, ‘Redeemer’. It also alligns with frontperson James Smith’s framing of the album as being “about multiple realities and how individualism has led us, in the modern world, to question if there even is a shared reality anymore because everyone just believes what they want now.”
Turnover – ‘I See You and Realize’ and ‘Nightjar’
Turnover have a new album on the way. Down on Earth is out in just a few weeks, presumably because it’s being released independently (the group was on Run for Cover for over a decade), and it’s the first album they’ve made without producer Will Yip. Still, it’s not hard to relax into their characteristically laid-back brand of dream-pop on the new tracks ‘I See You and Realize’ and ‘Nightjar’.
JPEGMAFIA – ‘War Over Land’
JPEGMAFIA’S new album may be called Experimental Rap, but its early singles have been quite polished, cinematic affairs that seem precise-engineered to stir some discourse. Following lead single ‘babygirl’, today we get a new single called ‘War Over Land’, which comes with a video the rapper co-directed with Logan Fields. It’s made to look like one single, unbroken camera shot, accentuating the song’s unfiltered emotionality.
Dazy – ‘BIG Problem’ and ‘Gravity’
Ahead of his tour dates with Sleaford Mods, Dazy has dropped a pair of delightful tracks, ‘BIG Problem’ and ‘Gravity’. Things that are supposed to bring you down, I suppose, but these songs are more likely to make you want to dance. “I think at the end of the day, I pretty much make singer-songwriter music,” the project’s James Goodson said in a press release. “It’s usually just simple chord progressions and vocal melodies, but I like the idea of taking those fundamentals and finding ways to bend the presentation. I feel like the more I try to change things up, the more I sort of discover the true constants of my own songwriting, the things that make it sound like me whether it’s in the context of big distorted guitars or samples — or hopefully anything.”
Artificial Go – ‘Triple Ones’
Cincinnati indie pop band Artificial Go have signed to Carpark Records, marking the announcement with a spunky, infectious tune called ‘Triple Ones’. “‘Triple Ones’ is a play on words from an underpaid check,” the band’s Angie Willcutt explained. “My ex-boss sent out an incorrect paycheck as the angel number ‘$111’ attempting to come across as spiritual when underpaying me. The song is about the times that life throws out experiences that force you to stand up for yourself and question those around you.”
hey, nothing – ‘Boat Garage’
hey, nothing – the Athens, GA-born duo of best friends Tyler Mabry and Harlow Phillips – have unleashed a nervy yet soaring new single, ‘Boat Garage’, their first release of 2026. “Shaded by the tonal umbra of indie rock and roll, a sound that just begs you to dance, two deeply frightened individuals lay,” the band remarked. “‘Boat Garage’ is the manifestation of our anxieties as the world burns deeper and deeper every day. We don’t know what the hell we’re doing or how to help and so instead, we spiral, help less, worry more, look at pictures of dogs on the internet. ‘Boat Garage’ pokes fun at ourselves for asking the question ‘Am I the problem?’, because the answer is both ‘yes’ and ‘no’.”
