Welcome to Sound Station, the place we’re highlighting one of the best new tracks that got here out this week. Head into the weekend with songs from PinkPantheress, Fousheé and extra.
PinkPantheress groups up along with her idol KAYTRANADA on “Do you miss me?”
Not each artist will get to collaborate with their idol — not to mention just a bit over a yr after their debut. However, clearly, viral-breakout, bedroom-pop singer PinkPantheress isn’t like most different artists. One of many 21-year-old’s main influences, experimentalist KAYTRANADA, co-produced her newest, “Do you miss me?” The result’s each bit as effervescent as you possibly can think about. In her signature bubblegum voice, PinkPantheress pines over a relationship that was as soon as constructed on infatuation and resulted in heartbreak. Mirroring the dizziness of her emotions, the observe bubbles with every thing from synths to bells and woodblocks. A glistening little music, you’re certain to overlook it when the temporary two-minute runtime is thru. —Sadie Bell
Fousheé and Lil Uzi Vert create a refined rave with “spend the cash”
Fousheé has created an irresistible anthem along with her new single “spend the cash.” Produced by Miguel Angeles, the darkish dance observe options the daring vocalist and Lil Uzi Vert exploring guarded love, feeling numb and, just like the title suggests, indulgence. Fall in love with Fousheé’s formidable debut album, softCORE, out now. —Neville Hardman
Weyes Blood creates tender, beautiful chamber pop on “God Flip Me Right into a Flower”
Simply forward of the discharge of her new album, And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow (out now by way of Sub Pop), singer-songwriter Weyes Blood dropped the third and last single earlier this week. A sparse chamber-pop music, with help on keys from Daniel Lopatin of Oneohtrix Level By no means, it’s merely beautiful. On the ballad, Natalie Mering sings of wishing softness and vulnerability have been extra valued, or seen for all of their magnificence — like that of a flower. Beneath her vocals, the observe grows into an array of natural sound. She could also be craving to show right into a flower, however this music is a complete backyard of emotion. —Sadie Bell
Andrew McMahon within the Wilderness’ “VHS” is a shiny synth-pop gem
Ever since his One thing Company days, Andrew McMahon has grow to be an professional at crafting bewitching melodies whereas persevering with his personal pop-punk legacy. On his newest single “VHS,” a meditation on the need of spontaneity, McMahon crafts a cinematic synth-pop sound that evokes the whimsicality of Maggie Rogers’ “Alaska” and furthers the exhilarating tone he is channeled on current singles “Stars” and “Skywriting.” —Ilana Kaplan
notfortheo’s “down” offers in heady introspection
notfortheo have a singular capability to make chill songs with hefty meanings. The torpid sound that consumes “down,” off their debut EP half-life, belies its darker subject material, which references drug comedowns and dependancy. When you perceive the music’s gravity, all of a sudden every thing feels extra somber and poignant. The band say the observe is “the sound of somebody’s coronary heart and thoughts slipping away from them, but additionally accepting the miles forward on the highway to restoration to get issues proper once more.” —Neville Hardman
44Blonde lives within the now along with his new single “Like You Love Me”
44Blonde doesn’t have many singles to his title but, however that’ll quickly change. Championed by lil aaron, the alt-rock artist is on his manner up. Together with his newest music “Like You Love Me,” 44Blonde determines that nothing lasts perpetually, so why not dwell within the second? Within the accompanying visible, pictures of weed smoke, late-night seaside hangs and lazing round within the firm of a liked one drive that sentiment dwelling. —Neville Hardman
triton.’s “Orchids” is a testomony to the facility of musical freedom
On triton.’s newest single “Orchids,” singer-songwriter Scott Murphy has paired the post-punk and new-wave ethos of New Order and The Remedy with a contact of ‘90s emo-revival (assume Fashionable Baseball, the Entrance Bottoms). The result’s a pulsating observe that vibrates by way of its vigorous, meandering basslines courtesy of Tim Payne (Thursday, L.S. Dunes), in addition to commanding drum patterns, ambient synth textures and heat vocals. “Orchids,” which was co-produced by Geoff Rickly (Thursday, No Devotion) captures the essence of experimentation and collaboration brilliantly. —Alessandro DeCaro
Grace McKagan pours empathy into garage-rock tribute “Jimmy (Lookin’ like Trash)”
On “Jimmy (Lookin’ Like Trash),” Grace McKagan delivers a commanding garage-rock tribute to New York punk icon Jimmy Webb, an ode to a rock ‘n’ roll soul that balances the retro tilt of Nancy Sinatra with the punch of The Kills. Along with her newest single, McKagan, who’s the daughter of Weapons N’ Roses bass participant Duff McKagan, pairs susceptible songwriting along with her signature, syrupy lilt. —Ilana Kaplan
