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 Wednesday, March 5, 2025.
Yaeji – ‘Pondeggi’
Yaeji is back with a new single, ‘Pondeggi’, which takes its name from the Korean street food beondegi. It’s a groovy, playful, trap-inflected track, on which Yaeji sings, “Little by little the truth becomes clear/ Whether you like it or not, it’ll appear.” It arrives with a delightful music video by Andrew Thomas Huang.
Sister. – ‘Blood in the Vines’
New York-based band Sister. have unveiled a new song ‘Blood in the Vines’, which is lyrically ambiguous yet entrancing. It was produced by the band and features Felix Walworth (Told Slant, Florist) on drums, synth, and additional production. “‘Blood in the Vines’ is about a young and confused friendship, the story of two people in close quarters observing each other and learning how to parse through strife and desire and sameness and difference,” the group explained. “Our entire band wrote ‘Blood in the Vines’ collaboratively; it stemmed from a prompt to write a song in thirty minutes and we finished it in one sitting.”
YHWH Nailgun – ‘Animal Death Already Breathing’
New York experimental rock band YHWH Nailgun have served up a new single, ‘Animal Death Already Breathing’, which is equal parts captivating and discomfiting. It’s the latest offering from their forthcoming album, following ‘Penetrator’ and ‘Sickle Walk’.
Elton John and Brandi Carlile – ‘Swing for the Fences’
Elton John and Brandi Carlile have joined forces for a euphoric new song, ‘Swing for the Fences’, the latest preview of their forthcoming collaborative album Who Believes In Angels?. oric slice of rock ‘n’ roll, and a defiant and proud anthem. Speaking about the track, Carlile said: “Swing For The Fences’ was a little gem I took into the studio with me: I’m a gay woman, Elton’s a gay man and we both have families, and our dreams have come true. I was thinking, wouldn’t it be cool to write an anthem for young gay kids out there that calls them into a bigger, more elegant, more fabulous life. Just like ‘go, go! don’t let anything hold you back!’.”
John added: “When we recorded ‘Swing For The Fences’, it was the moment that crystallised where the album was going. It was hard to get to that point, but we knew we had to rise to the occasion and we all just felt this massive sense of joy and euphoria. After our initial difficulties, all the uncertainties started to dissipate when this song came together. It just sounded great.”
Billy Nomates – ‘The Test’
Billy Nomates delivers a gratifyingly propulsive slice of heartland rock on ‘The Test’, the lead single from her new album Metalhorse. “It’s working at something against the odds and feeling like someone’s helping you from the other side, and if they see you that’s the test,” Tor Maries said of the song in a statement. “I really feel that when we’re playing it live. Like, with everything that’s going on, I can’t believe this is surviving.”
Ghost – ‘Satanized’
After teasing a new frontman called Papa V Perpetua – in fact the latest alias of Tobias Forge – Ghost have their sixth studio album, SKELETÁ. The follow-up to 2022’s IMPERA is April 25, and it’s led by the single ‘Satanized’, which hits pretty much every hall mark of the Swedish pop-metal group’s sound.
illuminati hotties – ‘777’
Sarah Tudzin is back with a new song, ‘777’, which is surprisingly gauzy for an illuminati hotties track – but no less infectious than you’d expect. Let’s hope it’s not a one-off.
SPELLLING – ‘Destiny Arrives’
SPELLLING has followed up ‘Portrait Of My Heart’ and ‘Alibi’ with ‘Destiny Arrives’, another mesmerizing track from her forthcoming album, this hewing a little closer to the sound of her previous LP. “I wanted to have some moments on this album like on The Turning Wheel that honor my love of strings and the whimsical, romantic Stevie Wonder Secret Life Of Plants-style synth theatrics,” Chrystia Cabral explained. “I’m really happy those elements of SPELLLING get to shine on this track. ‘Destiny Arrives’ kind of acts as this sweet moment of purity and optimism amongst the more punchy and aggressive songs on Portrait of My Heart.” She added, “I was thinking about courage and how scary it can be to accept change and to follow your true path in life. In the video we are making these subtle allusions to a werewolf transformation to show this idea of Destiny as being an affliction or curse when you are resistant to your true calling. Embracing the danger of the unknown becomes a euphoric state by the end of the song.”
The Hard Quartet – ‘Lies (Something You Can Do)’ and ‘Coreopsis Trail’
The Hard Quartet – the Cairo Gang’s Emmett Kelly, Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus, Chavez’s Matt Sweeney, and Dirty Three’s Jim White – have dropped a pair of new songs, ‘Lies (Something You Can Do)’ and ‘Coreopsis Trail’. “‘Lies (Something You Can Do)’ is a credo that states that one must NOT only be a complete dick in the quest for modern survival,” Emmett Kelly said of the spacey instrumental track. “I guess ‘Coreopsis Trail’ is a reflection of this phenomenon. On morning runs, excessive cellular oxygenation permits a natural euphoria akin to a glandular spasm famously described as a ‘micro death.’ Similar results can be achieved by the murder of one’s ego, mental disorder, and/or the ill-advised usage of drugs.”
fantasy of a broken heart – ‘We Confront the Demon in Mysterious Ways’
The duo of Al Nardo and Bailey Wollowitz have announced a new EP out April 11 called Chaos Practitioner. ‘We Confront the Demon in Mysterious Ways’ is a sparkly and driving first preview and also serves as the EP’s closing track. “‘We Confront the Demon in Mysterious Ways’ is the centerpiece of the album and a confrontation with reality following all these songs about daydreaming,” the band expounded. “It’s brutally honest at times and hopefully conveys some truth that the ultimate battle is internal. Two lovers hit a perpetual wall and keep trying even though things aren’t getting better.”
Weatherday – ‘Ripped Apart by Hands’
Weatherday has offered another preview of the upcoming album Hornet Disaster, which is jittery even at its sweetest. “‘Ripped Apart By Hands’ shows the narrator in turmoil, being completely overwhelmed and fed up,” Sputnik explained. “The song’s jagged instrumentation is supposed to chug at a pace that feels unwell, like it’s about to break apart. The instruments change as the narrator bursts towards the end of the song, ending with a final chorus that shows how the familiar sounds different now. There seems to be relief, of some sort, at the end of the spectacle.”
TOLEDO – ‘Amends’
TOLEDO have released a new song called ‘Amends’, which is dreamy and hushed in the prettiest way. It follows a series of standalone singles, including ‘Zelda’ and ‘When He Comes Around’.
The Jesus Lizard – ‘I’m Tired of Being Your Mother’
‘I’m Tired of Being Your Mother’ is the name of the latest Jesus Lizard single, which should be enough to pique your interest. It will appear on a Record Store Day EP called Flux. “When a friend of mine was about eight years old, living outside of New Orleans, his mother once said to him, in a slow, dull drawl, ‘I’m tired uh bein’ yo mutha,'” David Yow said. “That really struck me. The lyrics are actual quotes of awful things mothers have said to their children. Heartbreaking!”
Rhys Langston – ‘Ate the Tuning Fork While I Taxied in the Crepuscular’
Open Mike Eagle features on ‘Ate the Tuning Fork While I Taxied in the Crepuscular’, the incredibly titled new single from fellow LA rapper Rhys Langston. “The white zone is for loading emotional baggage only,” Langston stated. “The red zone is for dumping it onto others.” Eagle added, “Ah yeah, check your boarding passes. We are now about to board triple platinum double fudge. If you are not triple platinum double fudge, step to the rear and climb into the trashcan.”
King Hüsky – ‘Wish I Had a Dog’
Kvelertak guitarist Vidar Landa has shared a new single as King Hüsky ahead of his self-titled debut album, the chugging and fuzzy ‘Wish I Had a Dog’. The record lands May 9 via Hype City Music/Redeye Distribution.
Agriculture – ‘Omen’ & ‘A Great Man’
Agriculture guitarist/vocalist Daniel Meyer has announced a new solo LP, Kneeling, arriving March 28. It’s led by the singles ‘Omen’ and ‘A Great Man’, which are both pretty foreboding. “I wanted these songs to sound like huge piles – big leafy piles that you could just jump into,” Meyer explained. “I wasn’t worried about fidelity and actually wanted weird audio artifacts to pop up from all the layering. My rule was just to record everything as many times as I could before I had to get up… I kept a lot of bad takes in the mixes too. Everything was recorded on a vintage Tascam 4-track and then transferred to my computer. I just wanted them to sound huge and small at the same time.”
Bedridden – ‘Chainsaw’
Brooklyn band Bedridden have shared a ferocious, fuzzed-out song called ‘Chainshaw’. “The song is written from my perspective about a time when I made an uncertain decision to move in with a partner and her friend and a slew of manic stories that ensued after the fact,” bandleader Jack Riley explained. “One of the stories was that of the roommates incessantly searching to buy a new lamp and how it bothered me. The video is me trying to break through that anger by destroying the lamps.”
Snuggle – ‘Dust’
Bedridden and Snuggle – imagine seeing these band names on the same bill! Anyway, Snuggle is the Danish duo of Baby In Vain member Andrea Thuesen and producer Vilhelm Strange, who come from the same duo as ML Buch and Astrid Sonne. It’s not quite as heavy as the new Bedridden song, but it’s just as hypnotic. Thye describe it as “a love song for an apocalypse — sunburnt skin, melting ice cream, and chaos humming in the back of everyone’s mind,” adding, “Miss David Lynch.”
Rodeo Boys – ‘All American Man’
Michigan band Rodeo Boys have released a new song, ‘All American’, which gets to sounding pretty massive. “Will you love me forever/ Whatever shape that I’m in?” guitarist/vocalist Tiff Hannay sings. It’s taken from their new album Junior, due for release on April 25 via Don Giovanni.
