There’s so much music coming out all the time that it’s hard to keep track. A particularly overwhelming day when the influx of new trucksg, we sift through the noise to bring you a carefully selected list of the most interesting new releases (the best of which will be added to our list) Best new songs playlist). Check out our track summary for Tuesday, January 7, 2026 below.
Robin – “Sexistential” and “Talk to Me”
The title of Robin’s first new album in eight years is: sexistand today we get to hear not one, but two more songs from there, following November’s excellent “Dopamine.” Produced by Klas Orlando and Oscar Holter, “Talk to Me” also features co-writer Max Martin, their first collaboration since 2010’s “The Time Machine.” “I wrote this song during the pandemic, when there was no way to be physically active,” Robin said. “I like to talk and that excites me.” In “Sexistential”, Robyn raps about looking for a date while pregnant with IVF. She wrote this song after reading a line about how no one wants to hear Andre 3000 rap about colonoscopies. Only someone like Robin can accomplish that.
Iron & Wine – “In Your Ocean”
Sam Beam returns with new Iron & Wine album, follow-up to 2024 Grammy-nominated album light verse. chicken teeth It was released on February 27th via Sub Pop and includes the previously shared collaboration with I’m With Her, “Robin’s Egg.” “To me, that suggests an impossibility. Hen teeth don’t exist,” Beam explained. “And that’s what this record felt like: a gift that’s there even though it shouldn’t be there. It’s impossible, but it’s real.” New single “In Your Ocean” is exactly that description, transcending physical boundaries through the language of love.
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – “They’re trying to find you.”
It’s been just over a year since Bonnie “Prince” Billy released his last album, The Purple Bird, and today he’s back with the announcement of his next LP. We’ll be together again It may revolve around friendship and community, but “They Keep Trying to Find You” has a message for those who are feeling lonely: “Ignore all the scary and strange things/Let the isolation become a total mess/Be one with the darkness within.” It also includes a music video directed by Abi Elliott.
Buck Meek – “Gasoline”
Big Thief guitarist Buck Meek has announced a new album. mirrorarriving on February 27th via 4AD. The lovely lead single ‘Gasoline’ shows how infatuation can drive us into our own language. This dizzying, frenetic pace is replicated in the accompanying video, directed by Noel Paul.
Sad Twilight – “Designed to Lose”
That’s a long goodbyeTwilight Sad’s first album in seven years “had to include every element of the emotions I was feeling,” singer and lyricist James Graham explained in a press release. On the nervy and epic new single “Designed to Lose,” that emotion is sadness. The album was partially inspired by Graham’s loss of his mother to early-onset frontotemporal dementia.
Grady – “Future Spring”
Gladie’s 2022 follow-up I don’t know what I am until I get out is called you don’t have to be lonelyThe cathartic new single “Future Spring” feels like a further evolution of that title. According to the band’s Augusta Koch, the song is a song that “combats the loneliness and isolation created by the cruelty of the world we live in. We wanted to capture the feeling of having a conversation with a friend, questioning why we sometimes let outside influences make us shrink. I think the world would be a better place if we encouraged each other to be kinder to ourselves and, in turn, to others. It’s good to remind people that they’re happy to be here.”
Bizarre 009 – “Someone”
“Someone” is the latest single from Sassy 009’s upcoming album dreamer+previous singles have featured Blood Orange and Yune Pink. Fascinating even if blurry.
Pony – “Swallowing Stars”
PONY previews upcoming LP obviously cursed The other single is clearly a great single, but it also has a unique shine to it, “Swallowing Stars.” “To swallow a star is to be caught in the crosshairs of a merciless people-pleaser,” explained singer Sam Bielanski. “It’s like swallowing up every beautiful word they say as if it’s not just a reflection of your own thoughts and ideas, and then being ultimately disappointed when you finally look behind the curtain. scene of wizard of oz When a giant animatronic magician’s head stops working and a slightly unsure man steps out from behind it. ”
Mila – “After the Rain”
Mira’s new album “ dedicationIt will arrive on February 20th. This is a sequel from 2018. understanding Flock of Dimes’ Jen Wasner, Meg Duffy (aka Hand Habits) and Andrew Maguire feature as Mila’s backing band, and the first single, “After the Rain,” is patiently poignant. “I’ve found that I’m the kind of person who can’t do much of anything work-like within the confines of a normal working day, but if I have a week, I’ll write a whole album,” Mila said. “This song popped into my head when I was at home in San Gabriel. Between school drop-offs and pick-ups, I have so many errands and emails to deal with that this song wouldn’t have come out. I needed the strange suburban quiet of the days, the familiar strangeness of sleeping in a place that wasn’t my own, and that wasn’t my life. At times like that, I found so much truth in just listening. What a gift.”
Rosie Carney – “Sixteen”
Rosie Carney has released the emotional single ‘Sixteen’ from her fourth studio album. End…don’t leave me here. “It’s a song about a false start, a sense of loss and loneliness, and the realization that you’re better off relying on your sisters than some idiot who probably won’t think anything of it anyway. It’s about making the right decision, not the easiest one.”
Tiger’s Jaw – “Ghost”
Tigers Jaw have released an anthemic new single ‘Ghost’ from their upcoming album. lost on you. Frontman Ben Walsh revealed, “The birth of “Ghost” was a chance encounter with someone I grew up with.” “Meetings that may have been warmly welcomed and cherished at one point in your life have no meaning as time slowly and steadily passes and you are separated. Flashing back memories of that person in an instant can feel like a glimpse of a past life, or a ghost encounter. Some people don’t stay in your life forever, and that’s fine, but it’s fascinating to see how memories are erased when you see a face you once knew.”
Sea Rose – “Dirt”
Searows unveils new music from upcoming LP Death in the whaling industry“Dirt” perfectly expresses sadness. “This song is about the inevitable. We all know that we and everything around us are finite, and each person has their own way of dealing with that fact. That’s never something I’m comfortable with, but even though I’m uncomfortable with that… We can’t live our lives. We all inevitably return to the earth, but trying to dig a hole early doesn’t alleviate our anxiety about it. Perhaps we can remember that we are alive now.”
Red, Pink, Purple – “New Leaf”
The Reds, Pinks and Purples’ shocking new single “New Leaf” offers the first taste of a new album to be released this year. “People interpret the humorous parts of my songs as sarcastic, but they’re funnier when they’re honest,” said Glenn Donaldson. “Even if the emotions seem exaggerated, these songs are who I am. There’s enough abstraction in the imagery in this song that listeners can find their own message.”
Photoclimb – ‘Plowjob’
Fotocrime announces new album, safety – Released on March 13th – Contains the crushing new single “Plowjob”. The LP features Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg, Napalm Death’s Bernie Glenway, Young Widows’ Nick Zainman and Evan Patterson, Bleakness’ Nico and Fab, and all members of Smack. “There are some synth textures on the new album, but with ‘Security’ we had a different kind of goal,” Ryan Patterson explained. “We recorded most of our music live, and what you hear is mainly guitars, basses, and drum machines. So there’s a lot of Soviet-era analogue synths, but not as much as there was in previous Photo Crimes.”
MxLonely – “Return to sender”
Debut album preview all monstersNew York band Mx Lonely have shared their acclaimed new single, “Return to Sender.” “‘Return to Sender’ is a song about trying to understand the other side of someone who feels indifferent towards you,” Ray Haas explained. “When this emotion is expressed to me in life, it can send me into an absolute spiral. I’d rather a clear emotion like hatred be directed at me. It’s easier to process. This song was written outside the dome, and I was trying to write from a perspective outside of my own head. The repeated phrase that makes up the chorus, “Return to sender,” was an attempt to accept this outside perspective. If you know your side of the street is clean, other people’s opinions aren’t a burden you have to carry. ”
Joe Parnis – “The Black and the Blue”
Veteran singer-songwriter Joe Parnis has announced a new album. Sunny, I was wrongfeaturing contributions from Aimee Mann, Norman Blake, Rodney Crowell, and Jimmy Webb. It was released on April 3rd, along with the straightforward lead single “The Black and the Blue.” “This song was one of those songs that came to me so completely and quickly, it was like watching someone else write it,” Pernice commented.
Big Special – “SLUGLIFE”
Big Special has released their new single “SLUGLIFE”. Joe Hicklin describes the song as “a song about staying grounded and living life slowly. Feeling guilty for needing a moment to pull yourself up by the straps of your boots. It’s a song about getting over the self-loathing that can come during difficult times.”
Anna Tibel – “Memphis”
Portland, Oregon-based songwriter Anna Tibel has released a modest B-side, “Memphis,” from her 2025 album. animal poem. “I started writing ‘Memphis’ on a plane after meeting an ex-convict with electric eyes who was on his way to an evangelical convention in Tennessee,” she recalls. “He was charming, ecstatic, perhaps manic, and so in love with life. He made me think about what we reach for when reality is too painful to accept.”
Source: Our Culture – ourculturemag.com
