Throughout the week, we update our Best New Songs playlist with the new releases that caught our attention the most, be it a single leading up to the release of an album or a newly unveiled deep cut. And each Monday, we round up the best new songs released over the past week (the eligibility period begins on Monday and ends Sunday night) in this best new music segment.
This week’s list includes ‘Greyhound’, the cathartic eight-minute single that leads Foxing’s upcoming album; Trace Mountains’ ‘In a Dream’, a driving, existential single that sprawls over seven and a half minutes; Magdalena Bay’s kaleidoscopic ‘Tunnel Vision’, which harks back to the duo’s prog-rock origins; Jane Remover’s fuzzy, mesmerizing new song ‘Dream Sequence’; High Vis’ ‘Mind’s a Lie’, which injects their post-hardcore sound with elements of house music; A$AP Rocky’s infectious and surprisingly effective collaboration with Jessica Pratt, ‘Highjack’; Soccer Mommy’s ‘M’, the gentle, pensive lead single from her forthcoming album Evergreen; MJ Lenderman’s ‘Joker Lips’, which evokes genuine heartache between a series of punchlines; Sex Week’s hypnotically delicate ‘Kid Muscle’; Jamie xx and the Avalanches’ soaring, colourful collaboration ‘All You Children’; and ‘Seed of a Seed’, the gorgeous new song from Portland’s Haley Heynderickx.
Best New Songs: August 5, 2024
Foxing, ‘Greyhound’
Trace Mountains, ‘In a Dream’
Song of the Week: Magdalena Bay, ‘Tunnel Vision’
Jane Remover, ‘Dream Sequence’
High Vis, ‘Mind’s a Lie’
A$AP Rocky feat. Jessica Pratt, ‘Highjack’
Soccer Mommy, ‘M’
MJ Lenderman, ‘Joker Lips’
Sex Week, ‘Kid Muscle’
Jamie xx feat. the Avalanches, ‘All You Children’
Haley Heynderickx, ‘Seed of a Seed’