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, July 15, 2025.
Jeff Tweedy – ‘One Tiny Flower’, ‘Out In The Dark’, ‘Stray Cats In Spain’, and ‘Enough’
Jeff Tweedy has announced a triple album, Twilight Override, and shared not one, not two, not three, but four songs from it. ‘One Tiny Flower’ is whimsically breezy, ‘Out in the Dark’ is sparkling, ‘Enough’, ‘Stray Cats in Spain’ is the most touching, while ‘Enough’, the project’s closer, is described by Tweedy as “a summation.” He explained, “This is the light you’re working towards the whole record. It is the light that just comes to terms with–okay, it’s never gonna be enough. It’s never gonna be fully okay. You’re never gonna completely fill yourself up with all this stuff you love. You’re endless, you’re deep, you’re insatiable…if you’re doing it right. Stop thinking so fucking much about things that you can’t control.”
The Autumn Defense – ‘The Ones’
As if Jeff Tweedy announcing a triple album weren’t enough, the Autumn Defense – the duo of longtime Wilco members Pat Sansone and John Stirratt – have announced their first album in more than 11 years. Here and Nowhere will be released on October 10, and the breezily contemplative ‘The Ones’ is out now. The track is “a meditation on impermanence, and wrestling with the loss of people and things that have been meaningful in a life,” according to Sansone. “Musically, the song takes inspiration from some songs that were popular on the radio in my childhood, in which now I recognize a certain eeriness or disquiet. I thought this musical backdrop fit well with the theme of the fading of a familiar world.”
They Are Gutting a Body of Water – ‘trainers’
Few – if any – modern shoegaze bands can make fuzz sound as all-consuming as They Are Gutting a Body of Water, who are back today with the announcement of a new album LOTTO. Singer Doug Dulgarian described ‘trainers’, which only adds fuel to the argument, as “a vignette, a day in the life; desiring something wholesome while still grappling with the reality presented clearly by my subconscious. I’ve built this life for myself, idealizing escape like we all do, I live in this house built on what I can only perceive to be bad decisions and shame, of comfort and distraction. walk to the store to buy some dumb thing that won’t help, after fantasizing about escaping it all. glance back at the comfort of my house and consider staying outside in the world tonight, because the escape isn’t big enough, it just never is.”
Amanda Shires – ‘A Way It Goes’
“I can show you how he left me/ Paint a picture, growing flowers for nobody/ But I’d rather you see me thriving” are the opening lines on the first single off Nobody’s Girl, Amanda first album since her divorce from Jason Isbell. It’s nothing short of devastating. “Nobody’s Girl is what came after the wreckage, the silence, the rebuilding,” Shires shared. “It’s about standing in the aftermath of a life you thought would last forever and realizing no one is coming to save you.”
Guerilla Toss – ‘Life’s a Zoo’
Guerilla Toss have shared another preview of their Stephen Malkmus-produced fifth LP, You’re Weird Now. The joyously overstimulating ‘Life’s a Zoo’ also features vocals from Malkmus, as well as Ben Katzman vocals and guitar.
King Princess – ‘Cry Cry Cry’
King Pricess has shared a new single from her forthcoming album, Girl Violence, and it’s full of angst. “You’re gonna cry, cry, cry when you hear this,” she sings on the track, which is “about a friendship with a lady that did not work out,” according to Mikaela Straus. “Sometimes two divas create an explosion.”
Upchuck – ‘Forgotten Token’ and ‘Un Momento’
After sharing the Ty Segall-prodyced single ‘Plastic’ last month, Upchuck have announced a whole album produced and mixed by the indie rocker. I’m Nice Now, the Atlanta punk outfit’s third LP, is led by two weighty yet cathartic tracks, ‘Forgotten Token’ and ‘Un Momento’. “In this world of constant distractions and stressors it’s important to keep your mind, body, and spirit sane and sound enough to continue through this seemingly never-ending fight,” singer KT reflected. “Being a POC, by default, you’re gonna have that rage. You’re gonna have that desire for change, and that desire for the fuckery to end.”
Stay Inside – ‘Oh, Longshoreman’
Brooklyn emo band have announced a new album, Lunger, arriving October 3 on Tiny Engines, with a nocturnal, self-assuring new song ‘Oh, Longshoreman’. The follow-up to last year’s Ferried Away was co-produced by vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Chris Johns and Brian DiMeglio.
Daphni – ‘Clap Your Hands’
When Dan Snaith implores you to ‘Clap Your Hands’, you simply cannot relent. Daphni’s new single is as enchanting as the recent ‘Sad Piano House’, but with a lot more oomph.
”this is a bit of a vibe shift from the restraint of sad piano house… i made this one for a set at Rainbow Disco Club in Japan and have been playing it everywhere ever since,” Snaith commented. “i’ve got a whole bunch of unreleased daphni stuff ready to go and i’m pretty much letting what fans are asking me about the most decide what comes out next. it feels great to know that there are people who have heard it in my sets that are waiting for it. it’s simple and intuitive – once i’d got the basic idea together the key was to just get out of the way and not overcomplicate it. just to make sure it hit hard and that the timing was right so that it keeps you waiting for new elements to come in just long enough.”
Winter – ‘Without You’
“This song is diving into that feeling of longing, of what we call in portuguese ‘saudades’” Samira Winter shared of her latest single Adult Romantix single. “It’s a word that is not translatable to English and describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for something or someone that is absent, lost, or unattainable.” Winter makes it feel graspable.
Wombo – ‘Spyhopping’
Wombo have shared a whimsical, off-kilter song called ‘Spyhopping’, which is lifted from their upcoming album Danger in Fives. Vocalist Sydney Chadwick explained: Spyhopping is a behavior by marine animals like whales, where they are checking their surroundings by poking one eye out of the water while keeping the rest of their body safely underneath. The lyrics resemble my broken train of thoughts, going from one direction to the next, and my attempt to ‘reel it in’ and become centered again. Like being underwater, and needing to, every now and then, resurface for clarity.”
The Sophs – ‘Death in the Family’
Recent Rough Trade Recordssignees The Sophs have dropped a hooky yet vulnerable new song, ‘Death in the Family’. Frontman Ethan Ramon said it’s “one of the most personal songs I’ve ever written. It confronts my complicated relationship with shame, and how, at a certain point, I had convinced myself I’d rather grieve a loved one than take any kind of accountability. Releasing it almost feels like purging those thoughts. Maybe it’s because I finally feel like I’m explaining myself clearly. Maybe I feel protected by my vulnerability. All I know is it means something to me.”
Water From Your Eyes – ‘Playing Classics’
The first single from Water From Your Eyes’ upcoming album It’s a Beautiful Life hinted at the record’s amalgamation of influences, and ‘Playing Classics’ is a straight-up dance track. As soon as Rachel Brown says “Look,” she has your attention. “’Playing Classics’ started as an attempt to transform an existing guitar piece that I had stalled on into a dance number after Rachel requested that the next album have a disco song on it – the original version was 12 minutes long,” Nate Amos explained. Brown added, “It was probably my favorite instrumental that Nate sent so it was my favorite to work on lyrically. I love disco and dance music and I had been begging him to make a super dance targeted track. I was focusing on the idea of dancing in a club despite the world falling apart outside. It was written during Brat Summer, so Charli definitely had an influence.”
Ducks Ltd. – ‘Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken’
Ducks Ltd. have teamed up with Lunar Vacation for a shimmering take on Camera Obscura’s ‘Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken’. “I first heard the Lloyd Cole song ‘Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?’ when a friend played me Rattlesnakes, which became a favorite,” Ducks Ltd. guitarist/vocalist Tom McGreevy explained. “Later I realized the Camera Obscura track was a nod to it, and I was instantly hooked—it’s an indie pop classic that channels ’80s UK influences into something fresh. We originally covered it during a radio session around Harm’s Way, and after playing it on tour, we decided to record it properly. Gep from Lunar Vacation did a killer vocal arrangement that elevated it.”
Pile – ‘Bouncing In Blue’
Pile have shared ‘Bouncing in Blue’, the wistful final single off their forthcoming album Sunshine and Balance Beams. Per a press release, it’s “a track about releasing control, letting go of certainty, and finding freedom from expectation.”
Margo Price – ‘Don’t Wake Me Up’ [feat. Jesse Welles]
Margo Price has teamed up with Jesse Welles for a new single, ‘Don’t Wake Me Up’, which comes paired with a video that pays homage to Bob Dylan’s ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’. “This song began as a poem a few years ago and was initially inspired by poet Frank Stanford,” Price explained. “My husband and co-writer, Jeremy Ivey, found the idea I had scribbled from my abandoned notebook, and we resurrected it with a melody. The whole thing came together in ten minutes in one of those lightning bolt moments where you’re tapped into something bigger than yourself. I wanted to remind people of all the places and ways that we are still allowed to dream even when the outside world seems like a nightmare.”
Wyldest – ‘All It Would Take Is a Phone Call’
Wyldest is back with a stirring new song, ‘All It Would Take Is A Phone Call’, along with a video she filmed on the moors of Connemara in Western Ireland. “I came across a big egg-shaped monument called the Marconi and was fascinated by it,” she shared. “It was in the middle of nowhere – standing alone as a tribute to Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of the first wireless telecommunication device. I thought, ironically, that was a great link.”
Drain – ‘Stealing Happiness From Tomorrow’
Drain has dropped a ripper called ‘Stealing Happinness From Tomorrow’, taken from their upcoming album …Is Your Friend. It comes with a video showng the band on the road, where they spend most of their time, without their founding drummer Tim Flegal, who’s had to sit sit out recent shows as he fights cancer at home.
Saul Williams, Carlos Niño & Friends – ‘Sound then Words’
International Anthem has announced Saul Williams Meets Carlos Niño & Friends At TreePeople, a new collaborative LP that’s out August 28. It was recorded in December in Los Angeles’ Coldwater Canyon Park, on the grounds of the conservationist organization TreePeople. Previewed by the track ‘Sound then Words’, the record features Kamasi Washignton’ ontenor sax, the group includes Nate Mercereau on samples and guitar synthesizer, Aaron Shaw on flute and saxophone, Andres Renteria on a bunch of different forms of percussion, sound design and electronics from Francesca Heart, and Maia on flute, vibraphone, and vocals.
Verses GT – ‘Your Light’ [feat. George Riley]
Verses GT – the duo of Jacques Greene and Nosaj Thing —have announced their self-titled debut LP, arriving September 12. The hazily intoxicating lead single ‘Your Light’, featuring George Riley, is out today. “It’s been inspiring to trust our instincts and go for it,” Jason Chung (Nosaj Thing) shared. “It feels even more meaningful doing this now, after each of us has put out a few solo records.” Philippe Aubin-Dionne (Jacques Greene) added, “I feel like trust is the key word and concept around this project, this is a 50/50 relationship and the give-and-take that comes with it.”
Groceries! – ‘Angel Number’
‘Angel Number’, the new single from Groceries!’s debut album Human Extinctions, is a delicate stunner. The record will self-released this Friday, July 18.
