{"id":1996854,"date":"2025-09-04T14:23:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1996854"},"modified":"2025-09-04T14:23:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:23:04","slug":"new-music-friday-11-releases-to-help-with-back-to-school-05-sept-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-music-friday-11-releases-to-help-with-back-to-school-05-sept-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Friday: 11 releases to help with back to school (05 Sept 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Labour Day week is always hard. Back to school, back to work, and the realization that the excuses we had for taking it easy over the past couple of months is gone. For many, September, October, and November are the busiest times of the year as everything goes 0-100 in about 2.7 seconds. New Music Friday might help take the edge off things.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Singles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Good Neighbours, <em>People Need People<\/em> (Polydor\/Universal)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s duo formed last year in London. After a substantial amount of critical praise, not to mention a couple of nominations for awards sponsored by the BBC and the Brit Awards, Oli Foxx and Scott Verrill are almost ready to release their debut album, Blue Sky Mentality, on September 26. One to watch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Good Neighbours - People Need People (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RBguzIJf7wI?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><strong>2. HiFi, <em>She\u2019s My Girl<\/em> (Generic Records)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a true anomaly. HiFi is a duo featuring singer\/songwriter Gary Lekowith and guitarist Richie Shields. Both have collaborated with Alice Cooper, Ace Frehley, Mountain, and Sebastian Bach. They\u2019ve played with musicians who have been hired by Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, and Joan Jett. Their producer was behind hits for Deelite (yes, <em>Groove is in the Heart<\/em>), Erasure, and Sinead O\u2019Connor. So what? This is a new band and a debut single aimed at the alt-rock market from a couple of guys in their 70s. You are never too old to rock\u2019n\u2019roll.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HiFi - She&#039;s My Girl (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7JE8o-YpgU0?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><strong>3. Vance Joy, Divine Feelings (Liberation)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a moment, hasn\u2019t it, Vance Joy? Yes, there were the collaborations with Noah Cyrus and Shouse, but this is the first solo material since 2022. This is the first half of a double A-side that will be released next month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vance Joy - Divine Feelings (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1eTPwxwLmKg?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><strong>4. Portugal. The Man, Denali (Thirty Tigers)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Alaska-born, Portland-based band with the wayward punctuation has returned with a new single (their first since this summer\u2019s surprise <em>uLu Selects Vol #2<\/em> EP) that gets a little deeper into the world of synths and distorted guitars. In other words, this is the territory where the band started. It\u2019s even named after a mountain in Alaska.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Portugal. The Man - Denali\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sxWjiaAJ3ZY?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><strong>5. Rare Americans, <em>Give Up First<\/em> (Frontside\/Crooked City)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No, they\u2019re not American. They\u2019re actually a four-piece Canadian-Slovak band from Vancouver who have a Juno award nomination to their name. This is the latest single from their seventh album (S)KiDs\u2013or, more accurately, the deluxe version of the album released back in the spring and taken from their feature-length animated film. Like Blink-182? Try this.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rare Americans - Give Up First (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kq4aQGZstbQ?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><strong>6. Softcult, <em>16\/25<\/em> (Easy Life)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Arn-Horn siblings, Mercedes and Phoenix of Kitchener, Ontario, have been releasing singles under this name (they once traded under Courage My Love) and are now finally ready for a new album, <em>When a Flower Doesn\u2019t Grow<\/em>, which is due January 30. Yes, we\u2019re already looking that far ahead. This single, released to coincide with the announcement of the new album, is about the predatory behavior of older men who have a thing for grooming young women.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Softcult - 16\/25 [official video]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tyLWfmMcWRs?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><strong>7. Tame Impala,<em> Loser<\/em> (Sony)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After creating some excitement with his first single in five years about a month ago (<em>End of Summer<\/em>), Tame Impala (aka Kevin Parker of Perth, Australia) has a new single from what he calls his \u201cnew era.\u201d The video features Joey Keery, whom you might remember from <em>Stranger Things<\/em> and <em>Fargo<\/em>. Whenever next album drops, there will be a feeding frenzy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tame Impala - Loser (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s3a4OQR-10M?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><strong>Albums<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Big Thief,<em> Double Infinity<\/em> (4AD)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Feeling folky? Then you might want to check out the sixth album from Brooklyn\u2019s Big Thief. This is the first album featuring the group as a trio (a quartet if you want to include their favourite producer). Everything came together\u201350 or 60 songs but cut down to just nine tracks\u2013derived from hours of improvisations with a variety of collaborators. It includes a song inspired by missing a flight having to drive up through Thunder Bay.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Big Thief - Incomprehensible (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nSqYsmmfbCI?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><strong>2. David Byrne, <em>Who is the Sky?<\/em> (Matador)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Byrne has always been quirky and weird and this album delivers on his first album since 2018 and 11th solo album overall. He gets pretty wacky\u2013there are odes to his apartment, the glories of moisturizing properly, and running into the Buddha at a party in NY\u2013but there\u2019s a undertone of doom that pops up when you least expect it. There are more polyrhythms to enjoy, too, thanks to drummer Tom Skinner whom you might remember from the Radiohead side project, The Smile. This comes out just as David got married at age 73.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Byrne - &quot;Everybody Laughs&quot; (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YM-BTJKIz0Q?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><strong>3. Cut Copy, <em>Moments<\/em> (Cutters Records)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More dance-y rock from Melbourne\u2019s Cut Copy\u2013finally\u2013after almost five years since the last album, a hiatus necessitated by leader Dan Whitford becoming a father for the first time. So how about a children\u2019s choir to fill out a single? Why not?<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"When This Is Over - (Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MOK_xEF5TRE?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><strong>4. Suede, <em>Antidepressants<\/em> (BMG Rights Management)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Suede says they\u2019re having their best year in at least a decade. This album\u2013I\u2019ve seen several five-star reviews\u2013will keep things going. There\u2019s still the pre-Britpop shimmer to the band\u2019s sound, but they\u2019ve also accessed influences from The Cure, Killing Joke, and a few others from that era of British music. Less glam and more doom, but in a catchy way.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Suede - Dancing With The Europeans (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PCNdb5zlQLE?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>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-article__copyright\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00a9\u00a02025\u00a0Corus Radio, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t(function (d, s, id) {\n\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\tif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\tjs = d.createElement(s);\n\t\tjs.id = id;\n\t\tjs.src = \"\\\/\\\/connect.facebook.net\\\/en_US\\\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6&appId=161185570739502\";\n\t\tfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\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 q107.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labour Day week is always hard. 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