Throughout the week, we update our Best New Songs playlist with the new releases that caught our attention the most, be it a single leading up to the release of an album or a newly unveiled deep cut. And each Monday, we round up the best new songs released over the past week (the eligibility period begins on Monday and ends Sunday night) in this best new music segment.
This week’s list includes Panda Bear’s Cindy Lee-featuring ‘Defense’, the vibrant and hypnotic lead single from the Animal Collective musician’s first solo album in five years; Greet Death’s propulsive, entrancing new song ‘Same But Different Now’; Anxious’ exhilarating and melodic ‘Counting Sheep’, which leads their forthcoming LP Bambi; ‘Gemini’, the beautifully intricate new single from Portland-based singer-songwriter Haley Heynderickx; Greg Mendez’s poignant and gorgeously doomful ‘Alone’; Dazy and MSPAINT’s infectious collaboration ‘It’s Only a Secret’; Brennan Wedl’s achingly nostalgic ‘Heartland’; ‘God of Everything Else’, a cathartic highlight off Porridge Radio’s new album; Father John Misty’s oddly swaggering rocker ‘She Cleans Up’; and ‘AWARDS SEASON’, the patiently unfurling closer on Bon Iver’s new EP, which rips your heart open and stitches in a glimmer of hope.
Best New Songs: October 21, 2024
Panda Bear feat. Cindy Lee, ‘Defense’
Greet Death, ‘Same But Different Now’
Anxious, ‘Counting Sheep’
Song of the Week: Haley Heynderickx, ‘Gemini’
Greg Mendez, ‘Alone’
Dazy feat. MSPAINT, ‘It’s Only a Secret’
Brennan Wedl, ‘Heartland’
Porridge Radio, ‘God of Everything Else’
Father John Misty, ‘She Cleans Up’
Bon Iver, ‘AWARDS SEASON’
