{"id":519257,"date":"2026-01-16T01:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T01:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/519257\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T01:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T01:46:09","slug":"gorillaz-the-notwist-a-g-cook-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/519257\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorillaz, The Notwist, A.G. Cook, more"},"content":{"rendered":"

So many artists, so many songs, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums<\/a> (of all genres), round up even more new music that we\u2019d call \u201cindie,\u201d<\/a> and talk about what metal is coming out<\/a>. We post music news, track premieres, and more<\/a> all day. We update a playlist<\/a> weekly of some of our current favorite tracks. Here\u2019s a daily roundup with a bunch of interesting, newly released songs in one place.<\/p>\n

GORILLAZ \u2013 \u201cORANGE COUNTY\u201d (FT. BIZARRAP, KARA JACKSON & ANOUSHKA SHANKAR) AND \u201cTHE HARDEST THING\u201d (FEAT. TONY ALLEN)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gorillaz new album The Mountain<\/a> is out in March and here are two very different tracks from it.<\/p>\n

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HEMLOCKE SPRINGS \u2013 \u201cW-W-W-W-W\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

hemlocke springs\u2019 anticipated<\/a> debut LP the apple tree under the sea arrives next month, and the latest single is \u201cw-w-w-w-w,\u201d an appealing slice of alt-pop.<\/p>\n

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HATER \u2013 \u201cANGEL CUPID\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAll the music I normally loved seemed without spirit,\u201d Caroline Landahl of Swedish band Hater says of the band\u2019s new single. \u201cI was angry with love poems; I couldn\u2019t stand listening to some of the really great love songs. I envisioned Angel Cupid as a weak little pink worm, completely and utterly rubbish at shooting arrows in my direction.\u201d New album Mosquito<\/a> is out March 6.<\/p>\n

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DAUGHTER \u2013 \u201cNOT ENOUGH\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Daughter\u2019s 2016 sophomore album Not To Disappear turns 10 this year, and to celebrate they\u2019ve shared a new song originally written and demo\u2019ed during the album sessions. \u201c\u2018Not Enough\u2019 didn\u2019t find its place on Not To Disappear but we always loved it \u2013 we even played it live a few times before it went back to being a demo buried on a hard-drive,\u201d they say. \u201cTo mark the album\u2019s 10th anniversary, we wanted to revisit some of the unfinished threads from that era. In November 2025 we finally all found ourselves in London again and recorded \u2019Not Enough\u2019 in the studio together. We live in different places now, and some of our recent work has happened remotely, so this felt like old times.\u201d <\/p>\n

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FLORE LAURENTIENNE \u2013 \u201cR\u00c9GATE\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Flore Laurentienne, aka Quebec producer and composer Mathieu David Gagnon, has announced new album Volume III which is out April 10 via Secret City Records. He says of this very pretty preview: \u201cThe more the piece unfolds, the more the melody becomes desynchronized. It overlaps or harmonizes. The piece evokes a rapid shift in perspective. In the last section, harps replace the piano. We replayed the harp tracks backwards and recorded the reverb they produced, then put it all back in place. The result you hear before each harp chord is the reverb tail played backwards. This was a method used in the 1970s. The synthesizer used to make the ostinato is the same one they used on Pink Floyd\u2019s The Dark Side of the Moon, the EMS Synthi. A rare English synthesizer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A.G. COOK \u2013 \u201cOFFSCREEN\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charli XCX\u2019s new A24 mockumentary The Moment<\/a> arrives later this month, and A.G. Cook has given us another early taste of his score with the pulsating \u201cOffscreen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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GENA (KARRIEM RIGGINS & LIV.E) \u2013 \u201cLEAD IT UP\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The anticipated<\/a> new album from Karriem Riggins and Liv.e as GENA, The Pleasure is Yours, is out in February, and they\u2019ve given us another preview with the soulful \u201cLead It Up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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INSTITUTE \u2013 \u201cTHE SHOOTER\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Austin punks Institute announced a self-titled EP arriving February 20 via Anti Fade, and here\u2019s the snarling, driving lead single \u201cThe Shooter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Institute by Institute<\/a><\/p>\n

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THE NOTWIST \u2013 \u201cHOW THE STORY ENDS\u201d (LOVERS COVER)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Notwist\u2019s anticipated<\/a> first album in five years, News from Planet Zombie, is out in March, and the latest single is a cover of Lvers\u2019 \u201cHow the Story Ends.\u201d \u201cWe chose \u2018How the story ends\u2019 because we really love the song and the Lovers\u2026 it has a great energy, melody and lyrics and is really fun to play and sing,\u201d they say. \u201cWhen I first heard the demo-version, \u2018Honea,\u2019 on a Kill-Rockstars-compilation, I played the song in an endless loop until I could sing along all the lyrics. And also as the other cover-version on the album is by Neil Young and has a more romantic view on relationships, we thought it is good to have this song as a sort of counterpart.\u201d<\/p>\n

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J. COLE \u2013 \u201cDISC 2 TRACK 2\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

J. Cole is releasing The Fall-Off on February 6, and judging by the first single being called \u201cDisc 2 Track 2,\u201d it\u2019s looking like a double album.<\/p>\n

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JULIANNA RIOLINO \u2013 \u201cDON\u2019T PUT ME IN THE MIDDLE\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toronto singer-songwriter Julianna Riolino has announced a deluxe edition<\/a> of her 2025 sophomore album Echo in the Dust, due out on February 27 via Moonwhistle Records. It includes the country-tinged new single \u201cDon\u2019t Put Me in the Middle,\u201d and she says, \u201cI wrote this song on tour in between long drives, sound-checks, performances and ego deaths. It\u2019s always been a hum in my head, and bringing it to life was cathartic and healing. It is the decompression after the fracture. It\u2019s melancholic resolute and at peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

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NO\/M\u00c1S \u2013 \u201cLEY INDIGENA\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

DC grinders No\/M\u00e1s\u2019 new LP No Peace arrives March 13 via Redefining Darkness, and today we get this pulverizing new single.<\/p>\n

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LAMB OF GOD \u2013 \u201cINTO OBLIVION\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

Lamb of God have announced a new album, Into Oblivion, and they also shared the title track, which opens the album. Read more here<\/a> and pre-order our exclusive green smoke vinyl variant<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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BY STORM \u2013 \u201cAND I DANCE\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The surviving members of Inury Reserve, RiTchie and producer Parker Corey, announced their debut album as By Storm, and gave us a taste with \u201cAnd I Dance,\u201d which you can read more about here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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MODERN WOMAN \u2013 \u201cDASHBOARD MARY\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Led by singer-songwriter Sophie Harris, London band Modern Woman have been around since the start of the decade, and have been notable in that UK festival End of the Road launched their own record label with the band\u2019s 2021 debut single. They haven\u2019t released much since, but they\u2019ve just announced their debut album<\/a> and this is the first taste.<\/p>\n

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Looking for even more new songs? Browse the New Songs archive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So many artists, so many songs, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":519258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[231299,231300,231301,231302,3603,171,231303,231304,46313,231305,7571,231306,231307,231308,231309,4550,975,85319,85320,231310,231311,231312,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-519257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-a-g-cook","9":"tag-ag-cook","10":"tag-anoushka-shankar","11":"tag-bizarrap","12":"tag-daughter","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-flore-laurentienne","15":"tag-gena","16":"tag-gorillaz","17":"tag-hemlocke-springs","18":"tag-institute","19":"tag-j-cole","20":"tag-julianna-riolino","21":"tag-kara-jackson","22":"tag-karriem-riggins","23":"tag-live","24":"tag-music","25":"tag-new-songs","26":"tag-new-tracks","27":"tag-no-mas","28":"tag-the-notwist","29":"tag-tony-allen","30":"tag-united-states","31":"tag-unitedstates","32":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115902256795457994","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}