5 Songs Our Critic Loves Right Now

Here’s five recent songs you might have missed. Get in. Let’s talk about it. “Trinidad” by Geese. This is that Freakazoid, new American, post-Roots music. You might know the Geese frontman Cameron Winter, or as I call him, Neil Younger. “Naked” by 41, featuring A Boogie Wit da Hoodie. A dour, pop drill, R&B love song about that horrible feeling of emptiness after you leave someone. “Badman Gangsta” by Asake & Tiakola. Incredibly soothing and calming, tough talk anthem from Nigerian star Asake, who made my number one album of 2023 and Tiakola, an excellent French singer and rapper. “My Car Is Singing Like a Locust” by They Are Gutting a Body of Water. This is a really, really good Philadelphia band, pumped up shoegaze with all these buried chants in it. “Splitsville” by Zach Top. We are in the early stages of what feels like a big ‘90s revival in mainstream country. Zach Top is at the forefront of that. “Splitsville” feels like a lonely anthem from 1992 about that space that you share with everybody around you who’s just going through heartbreak.