There’s so much music coming out all the time that it’s hard to keep track. On those days when the influx of new tracks is particularly overwhelming, we sift through the noise to bring you a curated list of the most interesting new releases (the best of which will be added to our Best New Songs playlist). Below, check out our track roundup for Wednesday, April 8, 2026.
American Football – ‘No Feeling’ [feat. Turnstile’s Brendan Yates]
American Football lean into wistful post-rock on ‘No Feeling’, their new single featuring Turnstile’s Brendan Yates. ”Brendan came into the studio to sing along to a ‘gang vocal’ call-and-response part I’d written for the chorus of ‘No Feeling’,” Mike Kinsella recalled. “I had imagined his voice would be one of many voices scream-singing it, and was excited for it to be a sort of Easter Egg on the album. But after tracking the original parts, he asked if he could try a higher harmony that he was hearing. As soon as he started singing it, all of our jaws dropped, and we all were looking at each other like ‘Oh shit! THAT’S the dude from Turnstile!’ His voice is so singular, and once he sang the part in *his* range, it was clear that the part now belonged to him and him alone…”
Otoboke Beaver – ‘I Don’t Need to Be in Your Strike Zone’
Japanese garage-punk band Otoboke Beaver have returned with a frantically furious new song, ”I Don’t Need to Be in Your Strike Zone’. It’s part of a new maxi single that will also include ‘Hey, Where’s the Thank You’ (out digitally on April 10) and ‘Is The New Album Out Yet’ (out digitally on April 15). They were tracked with engineer Ippei Suda at LM Studio in Osakaʼs Yotsubashi neighborhood.
Kelela – ‘idea 1’
After premiering it in New York on Monday, Kelela has returned with a new single, the aqueous, hypnotic ‘idea 1’. According to the artist, it’s about “what it feels like to exist in this climate—the weight of being expected to witness, absorb, and speak truth at a time when the world feels like it’s unraveling. That’s a particular kind of burden Black women know intimately. This song doesn’t offer answers, it just refuses to look away. Co-writing it with my best friend Janiva Ellis, hearing Oscar’s production give it shape, and then watching 91 Rules bring that tension to life visually feels like the beginning of a much larger conversation I’m ready to have.”
Pond – ‘Two Hands’
Pond have announced a new album, Terrestrials, landing June 19 on their own imprint Mangovision via Secretly Distribution. Accompanying the announcement is the dancey yet righteous new single ‘Two Hands’. Nicholas Allbrook shared: “This song is about when mining company Rio Tinto blew up Juukun Gorge in the Hammersley Range in Western Australia. They destroyed sacred rock shelters that were of the highest archaeological, cultural and spiritual significance. The rock shelters contained a cultural sequence spanning 46,000 years that had been taken care of by the local Indigenous communities. I was wondering how the commentators around this country would’ve reacted if the shoe was on the other foot and someone had demolished the Vatican or Notre Dame or St. Paul’s because it was in the way of their corporate expansion. Anyway, its a little word of encouragement that you’ve got every right to be very fucking angry about this injustice.”
Lykke Li – ‘Sick of Love’
Lykke Li has shared ‘Sick of Love’, the latest offering from her upcoming album The Afterparty. “It’s this moment of complete humiliation, and you’re trying to be strong,” she remarked. “I had a lot of fun writing these lyrics. I laughed a lot.”
Body Type – ‘And What Else?’
Artist Spotlight alumni Body Type have signed to King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s p(doom) records, marking the news with the cheekily propulsive and anthemic ‘And What Else?’. “The big chorus is a cathartic cry out against feeling insecure in a relationship, those mental twists your brain makes when statements of adoration make you feel sceptical and unworthy, but simultaneously hungry for more of that sweet stuff,” Annabel Blackman said in a statement.
The Lemon Twigs – ‘2 or 3’
The Lemon Twigs have shared another earworm, ‘2 or 3’, ahead of the release of their latest album Look For Your Mind!. “We played for the first time in Buenos Aires last year and I woke up the next morning having dreamt the chorus,” Brian D’Addario said in a statement. “It’s a rare thing for me and even rarer that I end up remembering the words. I had to interpret what ‘she’s lived 2 or 3 as many lives as me’ meant. It made me think of a guy who wasn’t cultured or worldly enough for his girlfriend and had to pretend to be interested in fine art and history.”
Fightmaster – ‘All or Nothing’
Fightmaster has announced their debut full-length album, Tolerance, out June 5, and the driving lead single, ‘All Or Nothing’, is out now. “It’s such a dramatic bluff,” Fightmaster said of the track. “When I wrote it, I wanted this bravado attack. Like, here’s the fucking synth, here’s the beat. I love this one because we really went hard.
Nara’s Room – ‘Lizzie McGuire’
“I grew up thinking that my world of Lizzie McGuire, Michelle Branch, and frosted eye shadow would be that way forever, and I couldn’t wait to be an adult in that world.” Nara Avakian recalled. “But then everything changed.” The brisky, vibrant new single arrives ahead of the release of Nara’s Room’s sophomore effort, Tearless, thoughtless, on May 15.
Fink – ‘Wishing for Blue Sky’
Fink – the British folk trio led by Cornwall-born, Berlin-based songwriter Fin Greenall – have unveiled ‘Wishing for Blue Sky’, the reflective second single from the upcoming The City Is Coming to Erase It All. “This track is track one on the record and pretty much defined what we were going for,” Greenall explained. “A polaroid of the moment in life when you awake, when you want more, when you realise that getting away is the first step to the unknown future. For me, this moment was deciding in my suburban bedroom that I was going to travel – saving my tips from my after-school and weekend jobs so the moment I finished I could just get on a plane and go. I chose America and Canada and got as far as British Columbia, catching Greyhound buses around the USA and stopping off wherever the bus stopped at the end of the night.
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