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These are the 10 best new tracks this week

Featuring tracks from The Weeknd, Maribou State, Yves Tumor & more

Here are the best new songs we’ve heard in the past week, tried, tested and ready for your ears.

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1.

The Weeknd

After Hours


The Weeknd - Alone Again (Official Audio)

The opening track from The Weeknd’s latest full-length After Hours previews many of the album’s reoccurring motifs. From a sonic perspective, this down-tempo cut is soaked in 80s synth nostalgia – a feeling present throughout the record.

Thematically, Abel displays a flash of introversion on ‘Alone Again’, the first insight into what is easily The Weeknd’s most reflective body of work to date.

2.

Maribou State

Mother

Mother

London duo Maribou State break up the duller moments of self-isolation with the skewed and hypnotic grooves of new single ‘Mother’.

3.

Yves Tumor

Kerosene!

Yves Tumor - Kerosene! (Official Audio)

Yves Tumor continues to evade exacting labels on new single ‘Kerosene!’. At this point, one could just as easily expect the lo-fi charm of ‘Kerosene!’ as they could a five-minute industrial synth battering. Surprises are a fine thing though, especially when they’re as good as the ones Yves Tumor makes.

4.

Lapsley

Speaking Of The End

Låpsley - Speaking of the End

The swan song from Lapsley‘s Through Water is a powerful pop piano tune. The reverb on the lead vocals melts into the silences within the arrangement while a bare acoustic piano carries the harmony.

5.

Childish Gambino

Algorhythm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwVGJZdLNBs

The jury is still very much out on Childish Gambino‘s long and somewhat murky new LP, however, ‘Algorhythm’ is an easy and early highlight. Strong Yeezus vibes here.

6.

JFDR

Think Too Fast

JFDR - Think Too Fast

Lifted from Icelandic musician JFDR‘s debut album New Dreams, ‘Think Too Fast’ is an intimate piece of art-pop, carried on the hushed lead vocal line and a plinky arpeggio. Some very nice vocal layering on the track’s second half.

7.

Greentea Peng

Ghost Town

Greentea Peng – Ghost Town

One of London’s finest R&B artists Greentea Peng recently released the superb ‘Ghost Town’. It’s an atmospheric piece of work that successfully leans into the worlds of trip-hop and dub.

8.

Murmur Tooth

A Fault In This Machine

A Fault in This Machine

New Zealand native Murmur Tooth has just released her debut LP A Fault In Our Machine, the title track is an electric bit of post-punk.

9.

Jordan

Believe (Original Mix)

Jordan Nocturne - Believe

Insert this banger from NI producer Jordan into your afternoon today for a guaranteed and much-needed dopamine rush.

10.

Zebra Katz

Lousy

Zebra Katz - LOUSY (Official Audio)

Jamaican-American MC Zebra Katz has just released his gritty new LP Less Is Moor. ‘Lousy’ is lifted from the project, a menacing piece of underground hip-hop.


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