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 Monday, June 22, 2026.
Team Dresch – ‘One Song’
Thirty years after their last album, the highly influential queercore punk outfit Team Dresch are back with ‘One Song’. Not just one song, in fact, but a new full-length, Furthermore, which will be out via Jealous Butcher Records on September 18. Singer/guitarist Kaia Wilson likens it to “lungs full of grief expelling, eyes and guts wide open, yearning to be one with animals and nature, metal-flange-goth-grunge-punk-ass-rock-and-roll, loaded with inimitable vocal melodies and harmonies, Donna Dresch’s soaring guitaring that grabs you by the heart, so many other rad guitar parts all orchestrally intertwining, deep hynotic bass, and drumming mastery that deserves its own Grammys.”
About the incendiary new track, the band commented: “There are lots of layers to this song. It’s a love song to our young selves from our present selves. It’s a song of hope and power for all the young queers who are dragged into the struggle. It’s also a song for the elders who have built defenses from years of working and caretaking and being pounded by life.”
Sam and Louise Sullivan – ‘Down on Love’
Philadelphia-based brother-and-sister band Sam and Louise Sullivan have announced a new album, Love & Devotion, out July 24 via Historic New Jersey. It’s led by the rambling, catchy ‘Down on Love’, which Louise describes as “one of our wonky attempts at pop music. We were trying to write a down-the-middle love song, but, of course, we ended up with a manic, chromatic, folk-rock thing. Sam was in a period of insisting that Kevin record two drum takes on top of a drum machine for every song. Emily Moales sings backups.” Sam added, “the riff is a misremembered beat from a rap song that was popular circa 2012.”
Wild Pink – ‘Box Store’
‘Box Store’ was one of the last songs John Ross wrote for the upcoming Wild Pink LP Still Coming Down, but the harmonica-led track makes for a gorgeous opener. “It kind of reminded me of Warren Zevon so I leaned into that direction with it,” the singer-songwriter commented.
Dari Bay – ‘On Your Side’
“‘On Your Side’ is like a ‘welcome to the real world’ moment spun positively,” Zack James said of ‘On Your Side’, the radiant new single from his imminent Dari Bay LP Surprise Wish. “It is meant to be freeing rather than a harsh wake up call, and it has a sort of ‘touch grass’ message to it. It is so easy to get attached to things on the internet that have no real place in your life, or to feel paralyzed by endless content. I have to go outside and walk around for a while when this happens to me. I’m trying to prioritize the real world every day.”
Angèle – ‘Dis-le’
Belgian pop singer Angèle has announced a new album, INSTINCT, with the pulsating new single ‘Dis-le’. The track “is an invitation to give voice to our inner thoughts, to express what we usually keep to ourselves,” Angèle explained. “The song encourages us to break the silence, to free ourselves, and to boldly affirm our individual identity.”
BODEGA – ‘All Inside Aquarium’
New York City quartet BODEGA have announced their fourth album, All Inside Aquarium – out October 9 – and shared the title track, a soaring rocker no less fun than it is existential. “This track is an attempt at an existential anthem,” guitarist/vocalist Ben Hozie explained. “Pain (after it subsides) can bring you closer to a beatific perspective where dichotomy disappears and curious creativity calmly trickles out like the faucet tube in the tub —> Being there, you remember all is connected and paradoxically emerge more yourself despite recognizing you are a mere flake in the fish-tank of cosmic oneness. Nobody can really mess with your head except yourself when you take responsibility for your reality.”
Parts & Labor – ‘Seamripper’
Parts & Labor have dropped another abrasive preview of Set of All Sets, their first new album in 15 years. The riff on ‘Seamripper’ is so beefy and distorted, in fact, that the band’s Dan Friel calls it “probably Parts & Labor’s heaviest song. With two drummers, and Chris Weingarten back in the band, I was excited to do something inspired by the Melvins/Big Business albums, but the sludgy dungeon synth riff became something else entirely. I don’t think it sounds much like anything else we’ve done, and I like to think it doesn’t sound much like anyone else either.”
Elephant Gym – ‘Highway’
Elephant Gym is an experimental trio formed in 2012 in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, weaving together elements of jazz, electronic, and classical music. They’re back today with a dynamically liminal standalone single, ‘Highway’, via Topshelf. “For those who are on the road – whether walking, driving, or riding a high-speed train – the passing scenery reminds us that we are growing, and also dying; that we are setting out, and slowly making our way home,” the band reflected.
Margo Mann – ‘Shapeshifter’
Naarm/Melbourne songwriter Margo Mann has returned with a stirring new single, ‘Shapeshifter’. “True intimacy lies in seeing and being seen, and in avoiding the risk of that, life becomes one long and lonely performance act,” Mann reflected. “Shapeshifter charts the process of someone waking up from this conditioning, while not yet fully disentangled from it either.”
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