{"id":585967,"date":"2026-02-13T01:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/585967\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T01:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:47:08","slug":"andrew-bird-youbet-the-notwist-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/585967\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Bird, Youbet, The Notwist, 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

ANDREW BIRD \u2013 \u201cNEED SOMEONE\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week\u2019s episode of hit HBO medical drama The Pitt features a new original song by Andrew Bird that was co-written with the series\u2019 composer, Gavin Brivik, with a specific scene in mind. \u201cI really enjoy these projects because the challenge is to respond to the emotion of the scene with melody and lyrics,\u201d Bird says. \u201cThere\u2019s a bit more clarity of purpose to it as opposed to writing for myself. I was thinking of all the hardships the characters have endured, and how if you are an empathetic, good person you can hope that people will be there for you when it\u2019s your time to pass on. I suppose it\u2019s really about karma. I love how this show champions our healthcare workers and first responders who do what they do for all the right reasons: to help those in need and who are willing to put themselves in harm\u2019s way for the greater good. Gavin was a pleasure to work with. All in all \u2013 a gratifying experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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YOUBET \u2013 \u201cGROUND KISS\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

NY band Youbet announced a new self-titled album<\/a>, due out May 1 via Hardly Art, and shared the opening track, \u201cGround Kiss.\u201d \u201cThe song represents an endless search for that something and the rebuilding that goes along with trial and failure,\u201d principal songwriter Nick Llobet says.<\/p>\n

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CUT WORMS \u2013 \u201cDREAM\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis one\u2019s sort of an outlier on the record,\u201d says Cut Worms\u2019 Maxe Clarke of \u201cDream\u201d from his new Jeff Tweedy-produced album Transmitter<\/a>. \u201cI started writing it one day a year or so ago when my friend Antony kindly let me into his church when nobody was there to use the piano for a few hours. Later on, I recorded it myself at home, and in a different, secret piano dungeon hidden somewhere in New York City (real pianos are hard to come by when you live here, in my experience). It was originally called \u201cCut Worms\u2019 1,111th Dream\u201d but nobody wanted to say all that so it got abbreviated to \u201cDream,\u201d understandably so, if not the most original title. I played the piano and bass and did the arrangement of electrical strings and one horn. Then I enlisted the very talented Jesse Kotansky, who Adam Green introduced me to, to make some real-life string recordings and had Tom the engineer blend them together in the final mix. I think it came out well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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LUCIA & THE BEST BOYS \u2013 \u201cLONELY GIRL\u201d FT. LAUREN MAYBERRY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Lonely Girl\u2019 is a song about finding a sense of belonging in both people and place,\u201d explains Lucia says of her new single with The Best Boys, which features CHVRCHES\u2019 Lauren Mayberry. \u201cI grew up in a small rural village in Scotland and as a teen who wanted to make music, I felt isolated in many ways and felt like I needed to reach far beyond my every-day surroundings for inspiration. But by the passing of time, strengthening my connection with the land and finding those rare friendships that really uplift, nurture and allow you to be yourself, I have never felt more at home. When we started to record the song with Yves it became very apparent that Lauren\u2019s voice belonged on this song, not only because it felt like a dreamy pairing but because I knew that if anyone was going to understand the meaning of this song that is so deep routed in where I come from, it would be Lauren.\u201d<\/p>\n

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THE NOTWIST \u2013 \u201cPROJECTORS\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Notwist say: \u201c\u2018Projectors\u201d\u2019 is a folk and country-influenced song with brass interludes featuring all of the album\u2019s guests: Enid Valu on vocals, Haruka Yoshizawa on harmonium, Chris Xiao on clarinet, and Mathias G\u00f6tz on trombone. The lyrics, which are about getting through difficult times, are written as if Rutger Hauer could sing them in Blade Runner.\u201c New album News from Planet Zombie<\/a> is out March 13.<\/p>\n

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DEB NEVER \u2013 \u201cARCADE\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Deb Never announced her debut LP and shared the title track, which you can read more about here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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HATER \u2013 \u201cSTINGER\u201d & \u201cSTUNG AGAIN\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Swedish band Hater have shared two thematically linked songs from their upcoming album Mosquito<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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JAMES BLAKE \u2013 \u201cI HAD A DREAM SHE TOOK MY HAND\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

James Blake gave us a second preview of his seventh album with \u201cI Had a Dream She Took My Hand.\u201d Read more about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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DAMON ALBARN, GRIAN CHATTEN & KAE TEMPEST \u2013 \u201cFLAGS\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the second single from the Warchild UK benefit comp HELP(2)<\/a> and in addition to Albarn, Chatten and Tempest, \u201cFlags\u201d features Johnny Marr, Dave Okumu, Adrian Utley (Portishead), Gorillaz\u2019 bassist Seye Adelekan, Femi Koleoso (Ezra Collective), and a 43-piece children\u2019s choir.<\/p>\n

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FROZEN SOUL \u2013 \u201cABSOLUTE ZERO\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Frozen Soul shared a crushing new protest single ahead of their upcoming tour, and you can read more about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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HEAVENLY \u2013 \u201cSCENE STEALING\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heavenly have shared another terrific single from their upcoming first album in 30 years<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I AM THE AVALANCHE \u2013 \u201cTHE HORROR SHOW,\u201d \u201cGOD\u2019S TRAVEL PLANS\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

I Am The Avalanche announced their first album in six years, and shared two tracks, which you can read more about here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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GUN OUTFIT \u2013 \u201cUNFELT LOSS\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the first single from Gun Outfit\u2019s first album in six years<\/a>.<\/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":585968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[29],"tags":[253792,253793,171,253794,253795,975,85319,85320,25900,67,132,68,253796],"class_list":["post-585967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-adrew-bird","tag-cut-worms","tag-entertainment","tag-hater","tag-lucia-the-best-boys","tag-music","tag-new-songs","tag-new-tracks","tag-the-pitt","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-youbet"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116060805244560194","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585967","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=585967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}