Sound Off: 10 Songs You Need to Hear Now
It’s impossible to be across all the new music out each Friday. Luckily, PAPER is here to help you out: each week, we round up 10 of our favorite new songs from artists — emerging and established — to soundtrack your life. From the surreal to the sublime, these songs cover every corner of the music world. The only criteria: they all have to absolutely rip.
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LE SSERFAIM, PinkPantheress – “CRAZY”
“CRAZY” was already a certified heater, but the addition of PinkPantheress adds a camp, flirty wink to an outrageously fun track.
Camila Cabello – “GODSPEED”
C,XOXO hive rise—the Magic City Edition is here, and key track “Godspeed” is a gorgeous ballad augmented by digital rust and damage by El Guincho and Jasper Harris.
MJ Lenderman – “Wristwatch”
The best song from MJ Lenderman’s brilliant new album Manning Fireworks is a depressive power-pop barnstormer – zero in on any element too long and it’s liable to get stuck in your head for weeks.
Toro y Moi, Don Toliver, Porches – “Undercurrent”
An unlikely combination, but not an unwelcome one – Toro, Don and Porches get into sadboy mode on this dirgey rock-rap song.
Detrito – “Forma Norte’s Version”
French neofolk duo Forma Norte re-make Tarara!’s “Detrito” with their usual mix of graceful guitar playing and humid atmospherics.
Fred again.., Duskus, Four Tet, Skrillex – “glow”
Fun, nostalgic tech-house from dance music’s current power trio, plus Duskus. It’s sleek and totally replayable.
Lemonade Baby – “Airbnb”
Australia’s Lemonade Baby filters neo-soul through the hyperpop filter on this ambling, ingratiating ballad, which is funny at first and then totally intoxicating.
Nilüfer Yanya – “Like I Say (I runaway)”
Nilufer Yanya traps elements of prog, post-punk and indie rock in her music like flies in ointment; the resulting combination is sharp and dramatic.
Leon Bridges – “Laredo”
A spiritual sequel to “Mariella,” his brilliant collaboration with Khruangbin from 2022, “Laredo” feels like a classic novella, a perfectly contained story of romance and mystery.
Hinds, Grian Chatten – “Stranger”
This highlight from Hinds’ new album VIVA HINDS features Fontaines DC’s Grian Chatten, on a hot streak right now after the release of his band’s hugely successful new record ROMANCE. It’s a wistful, ambling track, perfect for seeing out the last few rays of sun this year.
Photography: Dario Vazquez
It’s impossible to be across all the new music out each Friday. Luckily, PAPER is here to help you out: each week, we round up 10 of our favorite new songs from artists — emerging and established — to soundtrack your life. From the surreal to the sublime, these songs cover every corner of the…