It's been a minute since we've had a new music Friday post, with the lull during the year end, but now music releases are back in full swing! On the album front, one of our favorites from across the pond, To Kill a King, has finally followed up their 2015 self-titled album with the incredible The Spiritual Dark Age. Similarly, BØRNS has followed up his 2015 album with his sophomore release, Blue Madonna. So many of our favorites are back this week with singles, too; The Hunna, and Lake Jons releasing another single off of upcoming albums. Ezra Furman and Acid Dad also announced this week that new albums are on the way, and celebrated with new singles. POND put out a new bonus track from their 2017 album The Weather, and a new discovery of ours, Nation of Language, also put out a new track. Listen to all that and even more new songs below to get your weekend started off right!
The Hunna- "Flickin' Your Hair"
POND- "Fire in the Water"
Ezra Furman-"Suck the Blood from My Wound"
Franz Ferdinand- "Feel The Love Go"
Car Seat Headrest- "Nervous Young Inhumans"
Nation of Language- "On Division St"
Charlie Barnes- "All I Have"
Public Access T.V- "Lost in the Game"
To Kill A King- The Spiritual Dark Age
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This week's New Music Friday is packed with some hidden gems, like debuts from some of our favorite powerhouse vocalists, YEBBA and Skela. Both singer-songwriters from New York City have released new music this week; Skela in the form of her debut EP, and YEBBA releasing her official first single. Although it's her first single, the latter has already gotten attention from the likes of Ed Sheeran and Bastille. Speaking of debuts, Clay Frankel of Twin Peaks and Home-Sick premiered the debut track of their new project Grapetooth. To Kill a King, Misterwives, Mansionair, and more also released new tracks today, while Julien Baker and John Maus put out stunning new albums. Tune into all that and more below!
Gavin James-"Hearts On Fire"
To Kill a King- "The Unspeakable Crimes of Peter Popoff"
Misterwives- "Never Give Up On Me'
Slum Sociable- "Moby Bryant"
The Blood Moon Howlers - "Motor Mouth Mission"
John Maus- Screen Memories
Julien Baker- Turn Out The Lights
New Music Friday this week bring new singles from lots of our favorites! To Kill a King released a new original single following a few covers, and Space4lease released their final single from their new EP. MUNA and NAO both put out their first singles following up their latest albums, and Cut Worms has also announced a new EP with a debut single. On the album front, Hippo Campus has a new EP out, while Ariel Pink and Angus & Julia Stone put out full LPs. Get your weekend started by listening to all that and more below!
Cut Worms- "Like Going Down Sideways"
The Lemon Twigs- "Why Didn't You Say That?"
To Kill A King- "Spiritual Dark Age"
Space4Lease- "I Tried Calling"
The Killers- "Some Kind of Love"
Hippo Campus- "Warm Glow" EP
Angus & Julia Stone- Snow
Ariel Pink- Dedicated to Bobby Jameson
Tons of new music out this week, including long-awaited singles from HAIM and Phoenix, which were accompanied with album release dates. Phoenix will be releasing their new album Ti Amo on June 9th, and HAIM will release their sophomore record Something To Tell You on June 7th. New albums out today include Humanz by Gorillaz, Pleasure by Feist, and What Now by Sylvan Esso. To Kill a King, The Japanese House, Imagine Dragons and more also released new tracks this week so be sure to check those out!
To Kill a King- "The Good Old Days"
The Japanese House- "Saw You in a Dream"
The War On Drugs- "Thinking of a Place"
Imagine Dragons- "Thunder"
Foster The People- III EP