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 Thursday, October 23, 2025.
Foo Fighters – ‘Asking for a Friend’
Foo Fighters have dropped ‘Asking for a Friend’, a searching track that leans into the band’s heavier tendencies. It comes alongside the announcement of an upcoming North American stadium tour with Queens of the Stone Age.
Ari Lennox – ‘Under the Moon’
Ari Lennox’s new album, Vacancy, the follow-up to 2022’s age/sex/location, comes out January 23 via Interscope. The opulent, dramatic lead single, ‘Under the Moon’, is out now.
Kacey Musgraves – ‘If the World Burns Down’
The soundtrack to the new Netflix series Nobody Wants This features songs by Selene Gomez, Teddy Swims, Cuco, Chris Stapleton, BENEE, Role Model, and Finneas. The most noteworthy contribution, to my ears, is Kacey Musgraves’ gently existential ballad ‘If The World Burns Down’.
Sampha – ‘Cumulus / Memory’ [feat. Romy]
Sampha’s last album, Lahai, came out almost two years ago, and to celebrate its anniversary, the singer-songwriter has unveiled a two-part single that began as an unfinished track from the album’s sessions.“‘Cumulus’ was the first song I wrote for Lahai and the last one to be finished,” Sampha said of the ambling, lived-in suite, which he co-wrote with the xx’s Romy, who also sings backing vocals. “Living with it for some time, I really feel like I wanted to share it with people.”
George Daniel & Oscar Farrell – ‘volc4’
George Daniel and Oscar Farrell have teamed up for a kinetic new track, ‘volc4’. It marks their second joint release following ‘volc3’ earlier this year, and it comes with a visual created by Samuel Bradley.
Pullman – ‘Weightless’
Post-rock supergroup Pullman – featuring Tortoise’s Ken “Bundy K.” Brown and Doug McCombs, Come’s Chris Brokaw, and Rex’s Curtis Harvey – have announced their fist album in 25 years. III is led by the single ‘Weightless’, a seven-minute swirl whose atmosphere is perfectly encapsulated by its title.
mui zyu – ‘Astral Plane’ (Shamir Cover)
Father/Daughter Records is celebrating its 15th anniversary with the F/D Fifteen series, which will see artists on the label covering songs by other artists in its catalog. The first instalment comes from mui zyu, who offers up a striking rendition of ‘Astral Plane’ from Shamir’s Revelations. “I immediately loved the imagery in the song and the kind of classic 1950s feel,” zyu said in a statement. “To me it could be about escaping from the material world (hell) to the astral plane (a kind of alternative heaven) with the playful bleakness of having to ‘work on the astral plane’. We tried to create these plane-y textures in the production to represent that space, and have moments in the music climbing up to, and falling down from, them to tell the story.
Shamir added: “I don’t even know where to begin…. I’m SO deeply honored. That song was actually my least favorite from Revelations, I don’t know what possessed me to make a reggae-ish song, but my mental health was in a bad place at that time so I was just doing anything. This cover made me appreciate my song for the first time like…. ever? Love it.”
Speed – ‘All My Angels’
Speed have released their three-song All My Angels, which features just one unreleased song: the pummeling title track. According to frontman Jem Siow, the song “wrestles through the immense hurt and confusion that comes with the loss of those deeply loved, especially in the instance of suicide.”
Home Front – ‘Eulogy’
Home Front have previewed their upcoming album Watch It Die with a larger-than-life song called ‘Eulogy’. According to the Edmonton duo, it’s “a reflection on what it means to lose the people we care about. In these turbulent times we recognize death comes for us all, but it’s the recognition of someone’s lasting impact that leaves its imprint on us. We all have scars, but wear ours proudly as we move forward into the haze.”
Hotel Lux – ‘Joy’
Hotel Lux have released ‘Joy’, a fittingly, if caustically, upbeat song from their forthcoming LP The Bitter Cup. “Joy was one of the first songs we wrote for the album, and was completed in one session in our old practice space,” the band shared. “The relentless nature of the tune seemed a natural fit to explore the heady and indulgent times of the past few years in South London, both celebrating and cursing the days and nights spent roving from Deptford to Peckham Rye.”
Jim White – ‘Two Ruffy’
Jim White’s new album Inner Day arrives tomorrow, but there’s a new single from it out now called ‘Two Ruffy’. “Named for a place down the road from his late father’s home,” according to a press release, the song “combines two pieces written in the wake, meditating on two states – an ambient weave of drums, piano and synth pulsing with life and loss, making no comment on which state is, or isn’t.”
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