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.
On this week’s list, we have the Weather Station’s ‘Neon Signs’, the conflicted yet beautifully mesmerizing first single off her upcoming LP Humanhood; Mount Eerie’s chugging and almost lighthearted new single, ‘I Saw Another Bird’; Florist’s lovely, gently unfurling new song ‘This Was a Gift’; Maria Somerville’s entrancing dream-pop track ‘Projections’, her first release on 4AD; Waxahatchee’s gorgeous and emotional ‘Much Ado About Nothing’; Bartees Strange’s slick and cathartic ‘Sober’, which leads his upcoming Jack Antonoff-assisted LP Horror; Grumpy’s charmingly gentle ‘Flower’; and Ela Minus’ ‘BROKEN’, the self-reflective, totally uplifting new single from her upcoming album DIA.
Best New Songs: October 7, 2024
Song of the Week: The Weather Station, ‘Neon Signs’
Mount Eerie, ‘I Saw Another Bird’
Florist, ‘This a Gift’
Maria Somerville, ‘Projections’
Waxahatchee, ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
Bartees Strange, ‘Sober’
Grumpy, ‘Flower’
Ela Minus, ‘BROKEN’