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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Lady Gaga – “Disease”
Meet the darksided twin of the effusive, euphoric Chromatica – a harsh club banger that’s raw and brutal, built around a disturbing, intense metaphor of dependency and codependency.
Addison Rae – “Aquamarine”
Namechecking Ray of Light is risky business, but Addison’s latest is a worthy tribute – glacial, sexy, and inarguably her best single yet.
COBRAH – “Record Deal”
COBRAH is back doing what she does best – laying her appealing, husky voice over aggressively cunty club beats.
Nicole Scherzinger – “With One Look”
Nicole Scherzinger won raves for her West End and Broadway performances in Sunset Boulevard, and now you can listen to her absolutely demolish the show’s knockout over and over.
Sharon Van Etten – “Afterlife”
The first single from Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory is the pulsating, synth-heavy “Afterlife”, a warm bridge between Van Etten’s early folk-rock and the grand epics that would come later.
Amyl and The Sniffers – “Jerkin'”
Amyl and the Sniffers, “Jerkin”A truly incredible way to open an album, the first song from Amyl and the Sniffers’ Cartoon Darkness is sharp and acerbic, foreshadowing the knotty album to come.
Sade Adu – “Young Lion”
Sade’s first new music in over a decade was well worth the wait – a rich, soaring song paying tribute to her trans son that’s part of Red Hot’s sprawling new compilation Transa.
Momma – “Ohio All The Time”
Momma return with a catchy, sun-dappled new song that draws from 90s rock’s poppiest and most sullen sides.
Two Shell – “MIrror”
After a relatively low-key record, the finale of Two Shell’s self-titled debut is squishy, warm and thrilling.
Tyler, The Creator – “Noid”
The first single from Chromakopia samples a ’70s Ngozi Family track, adding lovely new texture to Tyler’s hyperactive landscape.
Photography: Courtesy of Inside Out/Lady Gaga
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…