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 Tuesday, June 23, 2026.
Brennan Wedl – ‘Pretty Little Fantasy’
Brennan Wedl has announced her self-titled debut album, which is produced by Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield and Brad Cook. Out August 21, it also features contributions from Snail Mail, Colin Croom, and Matt McCaughan. It’s led by the anthemic new single ‘Pretty Little Fantasy’. “The archetype of Daddy is something I’ve been searching for all my life, but turns out, the daddy I’ve been looking for has been me all along,” Wedl said in a statement. “Be your own daddy.”
This Is Lorelei – ‘Billy Came Back’
This Is Lorelei has announced a new album, The Singer in My Band, with the fantastic lead single ‘Billy Came Back’. “‘Billy Came Back’ stewed for months before I picked up a guitar to work it out — I kept forgetting about it but it always came back,” Nate Amos explained. “Finishing the song was the only way to get it to leave me alone.”
Tame Impala – ‘Hummer’ (Smashing Pumpkins Cover)
Sumerian Records is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Smashing Pumpkins’ debut album, Gish, with a new tribute album featuring Alice Glass, Nita Strauss, Yonaka, Des Rocs, Meg Myers, Between the Buried and Me, and more. The first single comes from the record’s most high-profile contributor, Tame Impala, who offered his immersive take on ‘Hummer’ from Siamese Dream.
Julia Holter – ‘Fantasy’
Julia Holter is following up her latest album, Something In the Room She Moves, with a companion LP called Materia. It’s led by the transportive single ‘Fantasy’. “This song of seeming willful abandon was somehow the most laborious undertaking of the entire record — it took over a year and went through various transformations — and I love that contradiction,” Holter explained. “It’s dancey, it feels to me like a kind of conjuring. And amidst the momentum of reverie, there’s the line ‘blink at the light and hope to survive,’ because daydreams in a fascist state can be scary too. I was trying to find the right sanguine tempo.”
Chelsea Wolfe – ‘The Dark’ ‘Death Is Not the End’
Chelsea Wolfe is back with two new songs, ‘The Dark’ and ‘Death is Not the End’, her first new music since 2024’s She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She. They’re both starkly alluring, taking the time to fill out the space around them. ‘Death is Not the End’ features guitarist Robin Finck (Nine Inch Nails) and drummer Matt Chamberlain (Tori Amos, Fiona Apple), while ‘The Dark’ features drummer Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint, Courtney Barnett) and bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Air, Beck). According to a press release, they serve as the first glimpse of Wolfe’s ninth studio album.
Jim James – ‘Come Again’
My Morning Jacket’s Jim James has announced his first solo album in eight years, Wowed Out, with the kaleidoscopic ‘Come Again’. “‘Come Again’ came from feeling discouraged by how much things are changing in directions I don’t agree with, but trying to remember that there’s still so much beauty to be experienced,” James explained. “You’ve got to just keep going and keep trying again and again and again to find joy.”
Emily A. Sprague – ‘Sing To’
Florist’s Emily A. Sprague has announced a new album, Cyano, arriving October 12. The hushed, spectral new single ‘Sing To’ follows last month’s ‘Double Moon’, and it’s accompanied by a video from director V Haddad.
Yard Act – ‘New Beginnings’
Yard Act have dropped ‘New Beginnings’, the second single from their upcoming album, You’re Gonna Need A Little Music. It follows lead single ‘Redeemer’, a much loftier track. “‘New Beginnings’ is a bit of light to counteract the dark we led with,” vocalist James Smith commented. “Sometimes we’ve already shed our old skin without even realising it’s happening. Celebrate the new, because you can’t go back.”
Swapmeet – ‘Halfway’
Swapmeet have previewed their debut album with a new track, ‘Halfway’, which is luminous and, naturally, liminal in nature. It comes paired with a Mayah Slayter-directed video.
Frost Children – ‘Satellites’
Frost Children have announced a new EP, Tweaker Poem, which arrives July 10, and shared the exuberant ‘Satellites’. “After dealing with a horrifying stalker in NYC we wanted to self-isolate and make a short project in one sitting fueled by sleep deprivation and discomfort,” Angel Prost shared. “The songs on the EP are tracklisted in the order we made them, from morning until the next morning.”
Fiddlehead – ‘Baby I’ll Change’
Fiddlehead are releasing a new EP called Baby I’ll Change this Friday. Producer Alex Farrar worked on the record, which is led by the strikingly vulnerable title track. It comes paired with a video directed by guitarist Alex Henery.
The Tubs – ‘Who’s Gonna Love You Now?’
Having signed to Merge Records, The Tubs have announced their third LP, Hard Life, which will be out September 11. The jangly lead single ‘Who’s Gonna Love You Now?’ arrives today. In a press release, Owen Williams says the the record combines his familiar persona – “navel gazing about romantic abjection, London squalor, and the indignities of grief and OCD” – with a second one that “doesn’t have much time for the first, often haranguing him for his self-indulgence and immaturity; sometimes fairly, sometimes unfairly.”
Frankie Rose – ‘Can’t Be Wrong’
Frankie Rose has announced a new album, Hila, landing September 18 and led by the glimmering single ‘Can’t Be Wrong’. The Love As Projection follow-up was self-produced, with contributions from drummer Justin Welch (Elastica/Lush).
Quadeca – ‘Baby Steps’
Quadeca has dropped a new single called ‘Baby Steps’, which wrestles with what it means to bring a child into a world that feels like it’s ending. The accompanying video was directed by Quadeca and longtime collaborator Brendon Burton.
Hew – ‘Lie In It’
Houston, Texas emo band Hew have announced their debut album, Your Version, which is out in July. The devastating new song ‘Lie In It’ leads the LP.
Maripool – ‘Crossing’
Maripool is the project of Lisbon-born, London-based singer-songwriter Natacha Simões, whose debut album Rotten Luck drops August 28. The breezily hypnotic lead single ‘Crossing’ is about her “favorite memories as a kid… whenever I crossed that bridge [between Lisbon and Almada] with my parents on a hot summer day.”
Diary – ‘Keep Comin’ Up’
The classically fuzzy ‘Keep Comin’is the latest single from New York-based five-piece Diary’s debut full-length, Spiral Bound, due September 4 via Kanine Records. It follows lead cut ‘Keep Comin’ Up’.
