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 ’Hunter’, the lead single from Jess Williamson’s new album, an anthem of true yearning; Tyler, the Creator’s ‘DOGTOOTH’, a song from the deluxe edition Call Me If You Get Lost that’s both effortlessly boisterous and hopelessly romantic; Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s ‘Middle of the Morning’, a somber, introspective track written during lockdown; Hand Habits’ ‘Something Wrong’, which is musically playful and emotionally intimate yet full of heft; ‘Big Songbirds Don’t Cry’, a wonderfully melancholic track from Steve Ciolek’s debut LP as superviolet; Hannah Georgas’ pensive yet driving new song ’This Too Shall Pass’; The Beths’ ‘Watching the Credits’, an excellent one-off track recorded during the sessions for their last album; and ‘We’re in Love’, a heart-wrenching highlight from boygenius’ debut full-length.
Best New Songs: April 3, 2023
Song of the Week: Jess Williamson, ‘Hunter’
Tyler, the Creator, ‘DOGTOOTH’
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, ‘Middle of the Morning’
Hand Habits, ‘Something Wrong’
superviolet, ‘Big Songbirds Don’t Cry’
Hannah Georgas, ’This Too Shall Pass’
The Beths, ‘Watching the Credits’
boygenius, ‘We’re in Love’