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 Christopher Owens’ ‘No Good’, the defeated yet dynamic new single from his first album in nine years; Fashion Club’s revelatory duet with Perfume Genius, ‘Forget’; Charly Bliss’ ‘Back There Now’, a vibrant, catchy highlight off their new album Forever; Fievel Is Glaque’s ‘As Above So Below’, the fluttering, delightfully intricate lead single from the jazz pop duo’s third album; Frost Children and Danny Brown’s bombastic collab ‘Shake It Like A’; ‘Vanessa’, the haunting yet tender new single from Midwife’s upcoming album; ‘Mutations’, another captivating preview of Nilüfer Yanya’s new album; Merce Lemon’s stirring, subtly frantic ‘Watch Me Drive Them Dogs Wild’; and Wild Pink’s latest single, the bright, expansive ‘Sprinter Brain’.
Best New Songs: August 19, 2024
Christopher Owens, ‘No Good’
Song of the Week: Fashion Club feat. Perfume Genius, ‘Forget’
Charly Bliss, ‘Back There Now’
Fievel Is Glaque, ‘As Above So Below’
Frost Children feat. Danny Brown, ‘Shake It Like A’
Midwife, ‘Vanessa’
Nilüfer Yanya, ‘Mutations’