There’s so much music coming out all the time that it’s hard to keep track. On those days when the influx of new tracks is particularly overwhelming, we sift through the noise to bring you a curated list of the most interesting new releases (the best of which will be added to our Best New Songs playlist). Below, check out our track roundup for Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
Big Thief – ‘Incomprehensible’
Big Thief have been teasing ‘Incomprehensible’ for a while, and it’s finally out alongside news of the band’s next album, Double Infinity. If you’re a fan of the hazier tracks on 2022’s Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You, the new song offers more than a little bit of magic. “I’m afraid of getting older, that’s what I’ve learned to say/ Society has given me the words to think that way,” Adrianne Lenker sings. “The message spirals, don’t get saggy, don’t get gray/ But the soft and lovely silvers are now falling on my shoulder.”
Sudan Archives – ‘DEAD’
Sudan Archives is back with a new single, ‘DEAD’. Billed as an exploration of “orchestral Black dance music” and informed by her time touring with artists such as Andre 3000, Caroline Polachek, and Tame Impala, the track is as emphatic as its title, though it takes a little while to reach its peak.
Cate Le Bon – ‘Heaven Is No Feeling’
Cate Le Bon has announced a new album, Michelangelo Dying, with the smoky and alluring ‘Heaven Is No Feeling’. “And you smoke our love/ Like you’ve never known violence,” she sings.
Shame – ‘Cutthroat’
Shame have returned with news of their next LP, the John Congleton-produced Cutthroat, which is led by the groovy and primal title track. “I was reading a lot of Oscar Wilde plays where everything was about paradox,” vocalist Charlie Steen explained. “In ‘Cutthroat’, it’s that whole idea from Lady Windermere’s Fan, ‘Life’s far too important to be taken seriously’.”
Sex Week – ‘Coach’
After sharing their single ‘Coat’ back in March, Sex Week have released a tangentially titled track called ‘Coach’. A little airier and dancier than the duo’s past material, the song is taken from their newly announced EP Upper Mezzanine, which is due August 1 via Grand Jury. They wanted it to feel “like Romanian Popcorn music was playing in an American dive bar,” they explained.
Nilüfer Yanya – ‘Where to Look’
Nilüfer Yanya has announced a new EP, Dancing Shoes. Arriving July 2, it includes the previously unveiled ‘Cold Heart’, as well as the dreamlike and pensive new song ‘Where to Look’. “We started writing this song for the album, but it was tricky to get it off the ground at that time,” Yanya explained. “Then when we came back from tour, it suddenly clicked. Melodically it’s one of my favourite things ever. Very glad I was able to give it the time and breathing space that it needed.”
Marissa Nadler – ‘Radiations’
Marissa Nadler has a new self-produced album on the way. New Radiations is out August 15, and the beguiling title track is out now. “My narrator (whether these are first person songs or not really depends on how you want to listen to them) is feeling stuck, depressed, and frozen in a world after a tough few years for the world,” Nadler explained. “Regardless, the ‘psychic vibrations and new radiations’ take their toll. The cosmic darkness we live in creeps into the psyche — but the character reaches clarity. As the song unfolds, the screen shatters, the ice breaks, and a new world begins.”
Ganser – ‘Black Sand’
Ganser have announced a new album called Animal Hospital, which finds them reuniting with Liars frontman Angus Andrew – it’s out August 29. About the blistering new single ‘Black Sand’, singer Sophie Sputnik said: “When I wrote these lyrics a few years ago there were wildfires, real ones. And a lot of talk around LGBTQ rights in Florida where I’m from. And it’s strange because these things, they don’t just go away. They linger. They shift. They burn, and then they burn differently. And here we are still talking about wildfires and LGBTQ rights in Florida.”
Open Mike Eagle – ‘contraband (the plug has bags of me)’
Open Mike Eagle has detailed a new LP, Neighborhood Gods Unlimited, arriving July 11, with the intriguing ‘contraband (the plug has bags of me)’. “The trauma at the center of Neighborhood Gods Unlimited is mine,” the rapper explained. “I was shattered as a young person, and I spent the majority of my life not knowing it. In my ignorance, I would go on to shatter myself even further because it was all I knew. This is a story about how people who are trying to find themselves get confused when they encounter things that remind them of themselves…”
Hot Mulligan – ‘And a Big Load’
Hot Mulligan have announced a new LP, The Sound a Body Makes When It’s Still, and you read that right: the first single is called ‘And a Big Load’. “It’s the consequences of your own actions,” You could face them; you could avoid them entirely,” co-vocalist and guitarist Chris Freeman said. “Our biggest conflicts and struggles are often self inflicted. Drink too much? Hangover. What did you say last night? Apologize… or don’t. You could commit suicide instead. You could commit to being sober. You could commit to drinking one million beers. At the end of the day it’ll all be left for you to deal with. It’s terrifying.”
Frost Children – ‘CONTROL’
“‘CONTROL’ is our truest self,” the band said of the rambunctious first single off their new album SISTER, which lands September 12. “We don’t care about perceptions anymore and we’re really just ready to take over dance music and make people bounce and feel free. Frost Children takeover is imminent.”
Dropkick Murphys – ‘Who’ll Stand With Us?’
Dropkick Murphys show no signs of stopping. They have a new album called For the People coming July 4, and today they’ve shared ‘Who’ll Stand With Us?’. The record features appearances from the likes of Billy Bragg, the Scratch, the Mary Wallopers, and original Murphys singer Al Barr.
Teethe – ‘Magic of the Sale’
The title track of Teethe’s upcoming album Magic of the Sale made our list of the best songs of May, and today the Texas band has unveiled a new single, ‘Holy Water’. Madeline Dowd’s lead vocals are delicate yet arresting, and the track also features pedal steel by Wednesday and MJ Lenderman’s Xandy Chelmis.
Lifeguard – ‘Like You’ll Lose’
Ahead of the release of their debut LP Ripped and Torn on Friday, Lifeguard have previewed it with a frenetic new single called ‘Like You’ll Lose’. Leaning on the band’s dub influence, the track takes inspiration from Lee Perry’s drum sound and lo-fi atmospherics.
Kathleen Edwards – ‘Save Your Soul’ and ‘Say Goodbye, Tell No One’
Here’s something a little lighter, at least sonically: Kathleen Edwards has shared two new songs, ‘Save Your Soul’ and ‘Say Goodbye, Tell No One’, from her just-announced record Billionaire. Jason Isbell and Gena Johnson produced the album, which arrives August 22. “I decided to call the record Billionaire because the word is used in such a caustic way these days,” Edwards explained. “But we should all want to be billionaires in life, to be rich in experience, friendship, purpose, and the pursuit of the things that bring us joy.”
Molly Tuttle – ‘That’s Gonna Leave a Mark’
Just as breezy-sounding is ‘That’s Gonna Leave a Mark’, the lead single from her new album So Long Little Miss Sunshine, arriving August 15. “I wrote ‘That’s Gonna Leave a Mark’ with my friend Kevin Griffin,” she commented. “He has such a brilliant pop sensibility. We reworked it a little bit last year. It’s fun, sort of sassy, and that guitar part is one of my favorites that I play on the record.”
RIP Magic – ‘Loot’ and ‘Dox’
RIP Magic have shared an intoxicating pair of singles, ‘Loot’ and ‘Dox’, marking the first taste of actual music from the project of DJ and sound designer Marco Pini and visual artist Felix Bayley-Higgins.
Harmony – ‘Anything’
“‘Anything’ is a love song about dedication,” Harmony said of her affecting new song. “The desire to be all the ugly and beautiful things and the transcendence of that feeling.” It follows the similarly tender ‘Where Strangers Go’.
DJ Haram – ‘Distress Tolerance’
DJ Haram has previewed her forthcoming debut full-length Beside Myself with a haunting new track, ‘Distress Tolerance’. “I had a lot to get off my chest and wrote this poem on tour,” she remarked. “I insisted on trying to perform it on that same tour, even though it didn’t have a beat and I didn’t have the words memorized either. If you’re a musician, you put it in the music.”
Pretty Bitter – ‘Outer Heaven Dude Ranch’
Pretty Bitter have shared a soaring, celestial new single, ‘Outer Heaven Dude Ranch’, whose chorus reminds me of early Japanese Breakfast. It’s lifted from their forthcoming album Pleaser, releasing July 25.
Welcome Strawberry – ‘Violets & Honey’
Welcome Strawberry have dropped a new track, ‘Violets & Honey’. If those band name and track title aren’t enough to tingle your senses, the song itself, dreamy and expansive, still should. It’s set to appear on the band’s upcoming album Desperate Flower.
