Welcome to our weekly music post, where we spotlight our favorite new songs and albums. Hop in the comments and tell us: What new music are you listening to?<\/p>\n
Lucy Dacus just released her fourth solo album, Forever Is A Feeling<\/a>, in March, and she\u2019s already back with two new standalone singles. \u201cBus Back To Richmond\u201d is a melancholy New Year\u2019s Eve hangover full of regret about kissing the wrong person at midnight; it ends with sparkling bells reminiscent of the moment just before the drop in Perfume Genius\u2019 \u201cOtherside<\/a>.\u201d \u201cMore Than Friends\u201d is a country-tinged rocker that similarly feels like it\u2019s building toward a drop that never comes, and the restraint and control that takes is admirable. Dacus\u2019 craftsmanship as a lyricist and musician is on full display with both tracks.<\/p>\n Taste that delicious Midwest emo revival with \u201cHawk,\u201d the new single from Algernon Cadwallader. Even back when the band was first active from 2005-2012, they had more in common with \u201990s emo bands like The Promise Ring than they did with contemporaneous emo outfits like Taking Back Sunday. They were always a throwback, and while they never fully caught on the first time around, now is the perfect time for a \u201990s-sounding band to thrive. \u201cHawk\u201d is the first single from Trying Not To Have A Thought, the band\u2019s first album in 14 years. It drops on September 12 via Saddle Creek.<\/p>\n Big Thief, \u201cLos Angeles \/ Grandmother (feat. Laraaji)\u201d<\/p>\n \ufeff<\/p>\n Brooklyn indie-folk band Big Thief released two singles from their upcoming album, Double Infinity (out September 5), this week: \u201cLos Angeles\u201d and \u201cGrandmother (feat. Laraaji).\u201d \u201cLos Angeles\u201d is a sweet acoustic number about romantic love that has turned into platonic love over the years, bonds that may change shape but never break. \u201cGrandmother\u201d is the attention-grabbing stunner of the two, four minutes of buildup that culminates in vocalist and guitarist Adrianne Lenker belting out, \u201cI saw sun through the clouds \/ I saw love through the pain \/ Gonna turn it all into rock and roll.\u201d It ends with two minutes of vocalizations from ambient musician Laraaji that perfectly punctuate Lenker\u2019s big moment of catharsis.<\/p>\n Osees, ABOMINATION REVEALED AT LAST<\/p>\n \ufeff<\/p>\n With ABOMINATION REVEALED AT LAST, Osees are firmly in their political punk era. Founder, vocalist, and guitarist John Dwyer\u2019s recording project has gone through nearly as many names over the years (Oh Sees, Thee Oh Sees, OCS, etc.) as it has genres, but they\u2019ve been playing in the punk space since 2022\u2019s A Foul Form. Their latest album (the band\u2019s 29th overall) is quite possibly their most outspoken yet, railing against capitalism, tyranny, and the generally miserable current state of the world.<\/p>\n Ethel Cain, Willoughby Tucker, I\u2019ll Always Love You<\/p>\n \ufeff<\/p>\n Ethel Cain has been walking a tightrope lately, apologizing<\/a> for and acknowledging the harm that she caused with years-old but recently resurfaced offensive comments and materials, but maintaining that \u201c\u2026all of these things resurfacing are not the actions of a well-meaning individual concerned by something they discovered easily and casually on the internet. These are screenshots obtained through extensive digging, hacking, and cooperative effort amongst a group of individuals who do not care who else is hurt by witnessing this media as long as I am ultimately hurt the worst in the end.\u201d It was a moment of vulnerability from an artist who has at times been intentionally off-putting, like with PERVERTS, her ambient drone project from earlier this year. Her sophomore album, Willoughby Tucker, I\u2019ll Always Love You, is a bit like that, too; surprisingly soft and tender, after the gothic horror of her 2022 critically acclaimed full-length debut, Preacher\u2019s Daughter. You can read The A.V. Club\u2018s full Willoughby Tucker, I\u2019ll Always Love You review<\/a> here.<\/p>\n Teethe, Magic Of The Sale<\/p>\n \ufeff<\/p>\n Magic Of The Sale is Texas slowcore band Teethe\u2019s sophomore album, following their self-titled debut in 2020. This time around, the band brought in several ringers to round out their instrumentation, including Wednesday\u2019s Xandy Chelmis on pedal steel,\u00a0 Hovvdy\u2019s Charlie Martin on piano, and Emily Elkin on cello. It makes for a more expansive sound than their last record, especially given the band\u2019s commitment to not rushing their songs. Magic Of The Sale is intentionally languid, but not indulgently so; instead, it feels like the band is simply giving each song room to breathe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to our weekly music post, where we spotlight our favorite new songs and albums. 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