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 1, 2026.
Cass McCombs – ‘Seeing the Elephant’ / Hand Habits – ‘Good Person’
Cass McCombs and Hand Habits have teamed up for a new split 7″. Both songs – McCombs’ sprightly ‘Seeing the Elephant’ and Hand Habits’ intricately pretty ‘Good Person’ – are out today. McCombs is currently on tour, and Meg Duffy is opening some of his upcoming shows.
Weezer – ‘Shine Again’
Weezer are back with ‘Shine Again’, a grungy and fuzzed-up preview of their still-unannounced album. They shared simply, “’Shine Again’ is yours now. It’s a new song from a new album produced by Kenny Beats and Klas Åhlund.”
Anne Hathaway – ‘My Mouth Is Lonely for You’
If you looked at the tracklist for the Mother Mary soundtrack, you’d have to guess that ‘My Mouth Is Lonely for You’ is the song written by FKA twigs, just based on the title. It follows ‘Burial’, another strangely anodyne pop tune co-written for the A24 film by Charli XCX, Jack Antonoff, and George Daniel.
Tracey Nelson – ‘Hercules’
New York-based singer-songwriter Tracey Nelson has announced a new album, Hercules, arriving July 10. Not only did MJ Lenderman produce the whole thing, he also played on it, as did Wednesday members Karly Hartzman, Ethan Baechtold, and Xandy Chelmis. Lenderman collaborators Colin Miller and Landon George also contributed to the album, whose breezy title track is out today with a music video.
Futurebirds – ‘Sienna Life’, ‘Sleepless in the Cage’, and ‘Ghost Moon’
Futurebirds have reunited with Brad Cook and Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield for a new record. Like 2024’s Easy Company, Cook produced Far Out Country, a double album that arrives on June 5, and Crutchfield sings backup on it. Three extremely pleasant songs from it are out today. “We’re really excited to be releasing our first double record in the truest sense,” Daniel “Womz” Womack shared. “Far Out Country I & II are the two different lenses of the 3D movie glasses. Our three different songwriting perspectives speaking with each other about a shared life, experienced unbelievably close together, and also far apart. It’s a daytime talk, and another one deeper in the night. Far Out Country is a place, not a sound. It’s a place outside ourselves that hopefully helps us see inside the house a little more clearly. New terrain is always best explored with friends. Always use the buddy system, and be safe out there. The full double album will be available on vinyl out of the gates, but digitally, I & II will live and breathe on their own, unfolding one-at-a-time. Come on out and find us.”
WU LYF – ‘The Fool’
Until WU LYF’s ‘The Fool’ hit my inbox, I hadn’t even realized what day it is. If someone pulled a prank on you today, ‘The Fool’ would be a good song to put on. It’s also generally a good song to put on, and it’s the final single from their long-awaited second LP A Wave That Will Never Break. “The fool is one of those special songs that just appeared almost fully formed whilst jamming in the weeks before we went into record with sonic boom,” Ellery James Roberts commented. “It is a simple, sweet love song that leans into rock ’n’ roll cliché, giving voice to the archetypal holy fool – one who yearns after their lover as a path toward union with the divine.”
KNEECAP – ‘FENIAN’
KNEECAP have put out the title track from their upcoming album FENIAN, which has been pushed back to May 1. The Belfast trio describe it as “an anthem to embrace our Fenian past, and to cure our colonial hangover by reconnecting the warriors of Irish folklore with the Fenian c*nts from the North of Ireland today.”
Hammok – ‘Gooning For Free’
Oslo’s Hammok have unleashed ‘Gooning for Free’, a blistering yet cheeky cut off their upcoming record, When Does This Place Become Our Scene. “Feel it/ Grow it/ Got to feed desire,” Tobias Osland howls like a mantra.
Jesca Hoop – ‘Big Storm’
“Today I’m leaving,” Jesca Hoop announces on her new single, “Big storm coming.” It’s the latest single from the singer-songwriter’s forthcoming album Long Way Home. Opening about the inspiration behind it, Hoop shared: “There was a moment, many years ago, when I was ready to ditch everything—everyone I knew and everything I was doing. I gave away all my possessions, keeping only the essentials. I sold my car. I bought a plane ticket. The plan was to leave without notice. Then the biggest storm in recent history blew my getaway plan to bits. It grounded all planes and halted travel. I was forced to face my life. Myself.” She added, “The storm taught me there is no cheat code for life—no easy way out. At thesame time, my life—my happiness—is my responsibility. Mine and only mine.”
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