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 ‘Barley’, the lead single off Water From Your Eyes’ upcoming album, which is at once dazzling and discordant; Lael Neale’s ‘In Verona’, which stretches her evocative, minimalist approach into a mesmerizing eight-minute epic filled with Shakespeare references; Drug Church’s fiery and infectious new track ‘Myopic’; ‘Idaho Alien’, the lead single from Youth Lagoon’s first album in seven years, a gentle meditation on drug use, memory, and violence; boygenius’ latest single, the breezily anthemic ‘Not Strong Enough’; Momma’s ‘Bang Bang’, a catchy, explosive song about great sex; ‘Tin Man’, the raucous, emotionally charged first single from feeble little horse’s next LP; and Dijon’s ‘coogie’, a small ember of emotion igniting into a flame.
Best New Songs: March 6, 2023
Water From Your Eyes, ‘Barley’
Song of the Week: Lael Neale, ‘In Verona’
Drug Church, ‘Myopic’
Youth Lagoon, ‘Idaho Alien’
boygenius, ‘Not Strong Enough’
Momma, ‘Bang Bang’
feeble little horse, ‘Tin Man’
Dijon, ‘coogie’