{"id":1963810,"date":"2025-08-16T10:41:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T10:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1963810"},"modified":"2025-08-16T10:41:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T10:41:55","slug":"best-songs-of-the-week-august-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/best-songs-of-the-week-august-9th\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Songs of the Week: August 9th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-id=\"1506178\" data-title=\"Staff Picks: Best Songs of the Week August 9th \u2013 August 15th\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/08\/best-songs-of-the-week-august-9th-august-15th\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"1\" data-total-posts=\"1\">\n<p><em>Our recurring <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/category\/cos-exclusive-features\/top-song-of-the-week\/\" target=\"_blank\">Songs of the Week<\/a> column highlights the best new tracks from the last seven days. Find our new favorites on our <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/3JzEbTrAnmxkwoEYLBHw03?si=r6Zwg_mWRr-BSTsM6fkXrA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Top Songs<\/a> playlist, and for more great songs from emerging artists, listen to our <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/1HZ829ZASjNvOpFcCTr7mB?si=IfYACwDMQr-Xs0V-I-Qqjw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New Sounds<\/a> playlist. This week, we\u2019ve listening to tunes from Madison Cunningham, Native Sun, The Temper Trap, and others.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>googly eyes \u2014 \u201cI Don\u2019t Go Out\u201d feat. Tove Lo and Flume <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"googly eyes - I Don&#039;t Go Out (Official)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ypLE0P2Uqfg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In 2023, Flume and Tove Lo put out an open call to collaborate with some up-and-coming vocalists, and electronic pop artist googly eyes answered: Now on Tove Lo\u2019s label Pretty Swede, \u201cI Don\u2019t Go Out\u201d is the first collaborative track from the trio. For one, googly eyes has quite the voice; she glides over the pre-chorus deftly and has more than enough vocal conviction to meet and match Flume\u2019s sharp, booming production. But overall, \u201cI Don\u2019t Go Out\u201d manages to feel utterly distinct, the result of a collaborative peak and a great preview of their forthcoming EP together. <em>\u2014 Paolo Ragusa<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p><strong>hannah bahng \u2014 \u201cOrchid \/ Flame\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"hannah bahng - Orchid \/ Flame (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PsrGqwUkWX0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOrchid \/ Flame,\u201d the latest from rising alt-pop songwriter hannah bahng, is a two-part exercise in emotional frustration. Originally written as two separate track ideas, the string-backed tune finds bahng expressing feelings of, as she puts it, \u201cgiving and giving more than what they want to give back, and continuing to give despite the love and care not being reciprocated.\u201d Hence, the titular flame she can\u2019t help but be drawn to. \u00a0\u2014 <em>Jonah Krueger<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Inner Wave \u2014 \u201cMadre\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inner Wave - MADRE (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RmRXFa6XFH4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>LA indie rockers Inner Wave are back with a dreamy new cut, \u201cMadre.\u201d It\u2019s their first release since signing to Nettwerk, and it\u2019s a great example of why the quintet have built such a devoted fanbase in SoCal and beyond over the last several years. With just a tint of psychedelia, warm harmonies, a low-key bounce, and production that sounds (for lack of a better word) expensive, \u201cMadre\u201d is the full package. With more new music to come this year, Inner Wave are just getting started. \u2014 <em>P. Ragusa<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joey Valence &amp; Brae\u00a0\u2014 \u201cSEE U DANCE\u201d feat. Rebecca Black<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joey Valence &amp; Brae - SEE U DANCE (Feat. Rebecca Black)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pkeD3xHXLzY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Joey Valence &amp; Brae are begging you to get down and dance on their new album\u00a0<em>Hyperyouth<\/em>, and \u201cSee You Dance\u201d is as convincing as ever. If you were alive in 2006, you\u2019ll undoubtedly recognize some of the song\u2019s nostalgic hallmarks: chunky drums a la Pharrell, synth stabs that feel lifted from \u201cPromiscuous,\u201d and a life-of-the-party ethos that beckons you back to the floor. It\u2019s perfect that they recruit Rebecca Black, of all people, for this banger, considering she\u2019s done her own rebrand by reappropriating some of the sounds and styles that were popular during her first era of viral success. This song is so infectious and delightfully unserious that a short blurb really can\u2019t do it justice; instead, I entreat you to listen to the first verse where Joey Valence asks, \u201cWho\u2019s over there with a BIG OL\u2019 BUTT,\u201d and try not to bowl over with laughter. \u2014 <em>P. Ragusa<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Madison Cunningham \u2014 \u201cMy Full Name\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Madison Cunningham - My Full Name (Live Solo Performance)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zagYA79-nE4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Having predicted the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/07\/buckingham-nicks-album-reissue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reissue of\u00a0<em>Buckingham Nicks<\/em><\/a> with her <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2024\/09\/andrew-bird-madison-cunningham-of-buckingham-nicks-cover-album\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full-album cover with Andrew Bird<\/a>, Madison Cunningham is back with her latest solo album. Entitled\u00a0<em>Ace<\/em>, the singer-songwriter\u2019s third full-length will arrive October 10th via Verve Forecast, and our first listen is the absolutely lovely \u201cMy Full Name.\u201d Putting down her guitar as she sits at the piano, Cunningham presents a stirring new clarity on the single. It\u2019s as warm as it is sad, a testament to the idea that it\u2019s better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all \u2014 or, as she sings it in the lyrics themselves, \u201cLove\u2019s a kind of sorrow worth saving.\u201d As if this delicate turn weren\u2019t enough to have us anticipating the full LP, <em>Ace<\/em> also features a collaboration with Fleet Foxes\u2019 Robin Pecknold, \u201cWake.\u201d \u2014\u00a0<em>Ben Kaye<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Native Sun \u2014 \u201cAdam\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Native Sun - Adam (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bbnw_WCSkEI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>If you\u2019ve bounced around the modern New York City scene to catch acts like Geese, Been Stellar, or Model\/Actriz, there\u2019s a fair chance you\u2019ve caught a Native Sun set. The band\u2019s urgent and joyfully messy garage-psych (think Parquet Courts via The Velvet Underground, with a stop off at White Fence) has been an NYC staple in recent years, and they\u2019re about to bring their sound to the masses with their <em>Concrete Language<\/em> debut. Coming September 19th via TODO, the record is a love letter to the city the band calls home, with new single \u201cAdam\u201d capturing the craziness of a night on the town. Consider it an ode to moving fast in a fast paced world, a place where screaming \u201cI don\u2019t know!\u201d isn\u2019t a declaration of uncertainty, but a pledge to hold on tight on the wild ride.\u00a0<em>\u2014 B. Kaye<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pool Kids \u2014 \u201cTinted Windows\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pool Kids - &#039;Easier Said Than Done&#039; (Full Album)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UB3peN0nnpw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Today saw Pool Kids drop their new album, <em>Easier Said Than Done<\/em>, and the whole thing is definitely worth a listen. If you\u2019re not acquainted with the Tallahassee group\u2019s hook craft, though, track No. 2 should pull your right in. \u201cTinted Windows\u201d is a lament on life on the road, with the band entangling mathy guitar knots around offbeat drums with the technical chaos that makes their brand of rock such an impossibly appealing challenge. Singer Christine Goodwyne\u2019s voice is at once beautiful and pained, gorgeous and jagged as the song demands. Listen to this track, and then just keep the album running.\u00a0<em>\u2014 B. Kaye<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Temper Trap \u2014\u00a0\u201cLucky Dimes\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Temper Trap - Lucky Dimes (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IaBWrH_5QYU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The Temper Trap are back with their first slice of new music in nine years, and it\u2019s a ripper; those looking for the serenading tenor of \u201cSweet Disposition\u201d will have to look elsewhere, because \u201cLucky Dimes\u201d feels much more akin to, say, Kasabian than their early 2010s indie contemporaries. It\u2019s a treat to hear a band return and seem totally unafraid of punching the volume to a 12, evidenced by the brooding roar of guitars in the chorus and the busy breakbeat beneath it. There\u2019s a lot out there these days beckoning older indie fans to that first big breakout moment (see: the Just Like Heaven festival), but The Temper Trap are happy to show us they\u2019ve got a lot more left in the tank. \u2014\u00a0<em>P. Ragusa<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Villagerrr \u2014 \u201cRide or Die\u201d feat. Lydia <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"villagerrr - Ride Or Die w\/ Lydia (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ROlwNf5qULo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Columbus, Ohio, indie rockers Villagerrr are back with quite a bit of news: They\u2019ve signed to Winspear (also home to our most recent CoSign Teethe), announced a deluxe version of their 2024 LP\u00a0<em>Tear Your Heart Out<\/em>, and dropped the tasty new tune \u201cRide or Die,\u201d which features guest vocals from feeble little horse\u2019s Lydia. The cut falls right in line with the easy-on-the-ears, intensely melodic, slowcore-tinged vibes of the act\u2019s recent efforts, and arrives complete with pedal steel and an emotional, fuzzy guitar solo or two. What great news for Villagerrr ride or die-ers. \u2014 <em>J. Krueger<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source consequence.net \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our recurring Songs of the Week column highlights the best new tracks from the last seven days. Find our new favorites on our Top Songs playlist, and for more great songs from emerging artists, listen to our New Sounds playlist. 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