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, September 22, 2026.
CHVRCHES – ‘Roses’
CHVRCHES are back with their first new music in three years. ‘Roses’ “serves as a mission statement for the band’s sonic shift,” according to a press release, “letting us in on the opening chapter of an entirely new era.” Even though the song’s political commentary scans as new territory for the band, the sound, swirling and propulsive, should satisfy longtime fans. “This is the longest break we had ever taken between albums and when we got together to write new music, we wanted to really push ourselves and not be retreading ground we’d walked before,” Lauren Mayberry commented. “I really think we achieved that. It feels like the most coherent vision we’ve had as a band. We’re excited to be back…”
Krill – ‘Dominate’
The recently reunited Krill have announced a new LP, Secret Language, out November 13 via Exploding in Sound. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the chugging new single ‘Dominate’, alongside a Heavenly Tedious-directed video. “‘Dominate’ is a song about growing up in the 90s and 00s in the heart of empire, the violence of wanting to win, how we teach our children to want to dominate others, a US TV culture of watching gladiator-like scenes of rule by power,” vocalist-bassist Jonah Furman explained. “It’s about war, it’s about basketball, it’s about childhood.”
Perfume Genius – ‘Natural High’
Our 2024 AOTY was Fashion Club’s Scrutiny, which featured a collaboration with Perfume Genius. Now, Mike Hadreas’ luminous new single ‘Natural High’ was co-produced by Fashion Club’s Pascal Stevenson. It was written for a new dance work called The Lesson, which reunites Hadreas with choreographer Kate Wallich, following their 2019 collaboration The Sun Still Burns Here, which led to the 2022 LP Ugly Season. “I’ve always thought of my albums as soundtracks to films that do not exist,” Hadreas commented. “There is a freedom to inhabiting something imagined and purely sonic. I can be every character or not exist at all or body swap at will. Scenes can shift immediately just because I feel like it. That doesn’t change when creating a performance with Kate, all the mystery and thrill of going somewhere lawless and dreamlike stays intact — but I’m not alone in building the world and it literally fleshes out in real time. Body swapping feels very different when you are actually in a room holding the other person.”
Lily Konigsberg – ‘Free Byrd’
Lily Konigsberg has returned with her first new music in four year, ‘Free Byrd’. It follows the singer-songwriter’s 2022 album with Nate Amos of This Is Lorelei/Water From Your Eyes as My Idea, and if you’ve been enjoying This Is Lorelei’s recently country-leaning material, the new song, which teases a forthcoming album, will definitely be up your alley.
Catherine Elicson – ‘Figure’
Emapth’s Catherine Elicson has announced her first solo album, River of Fat. Out November 6 on Community Music, it’s led by the stark yet gauzy single ‘Figure’. She record, using a droning Korg, a Roland SP-404, a vintage Stratocaster, and a Tascam 4-track tape machine.
Julia Jacklin – ‘If I Had the Hand of God’
Julia Jacklin is tapping into the If I only could make a deal with God genre of songs with the latest preview of The Gem ahead of its release on Friday. The song was, in fact, written about a trip to Nashville, meditating on the life of a touring musician and the idea of legacy. It comes paired with a video filmed by Nick Mckk.
Snooper – ‘Mouth Closed’
Nashville punk outift Snooper are back with a frantically infectious new tune, ‘Mouth Closed’. It arrives alongside a video directed by Teddy Cruz.
Dis Fig – ‘The Snake You Built’
Dis Fig has unveiled ‘The Snake You Built’, a brooding preview of the Berlin-based vocalist and producer’s first solo album in seven years, What To Make Of These Mortal Hands. “For most of this record, I was quite intentional with lyrics,” she explained. “But this one beamed out differently. Rather than writing lyrics to replace the original take, I used my own kind of language, dictated by emotion rather than fitting meaning to what could not be expressed in linguistic form.” The track features drums from Lee Buford (The Body), strings from Diana Miron, and bass textures from Liam Andrews.
gash – ‘holiday time’
Ahead of the release of their new album and label debut, at least you know what you’re laughing at, Eau Claire experimentalists gash have shared one more entrancing preview, ‘holiday time’. It follows previous cuts ‘good and bad’, ‘risking heaven’, and ‘data master’.
Elissa Mielke – ‘Lemon Tree’
Canadian singer-songwriter Elissa Mielke has shared a strikingly gentle new song, ‘Lemon Tree’, which is produced by Philip Weinrobe. It follows ‘Don’t Have to Hate You’, which came out earlier this summer.
