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There\u2019s so much music coming out all the time that it\u2019s hard to keep track. On those days when the influx of new tracks is particularly overwhelmin<\/em>g, 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\u00a0Best New Songs playlist<\/a>). Below, check out our track roundup for Wednesday, July 1, 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n Having been friends for more than 30 years \u2013 Jon Hopkins was part of Imogen Heap\u2019s first live band \u2013 the two artists realized it was about time they wrote a song together. That collaboration, an ethereal, pulsating track called \u2018Reckoning\u2019, is out today. \u201cI\u2019d been writing almost like a diary, but also writing words that sounded nice with each other, things with a nice stanza,\u201d Heap explained. \u201cSomething pretty devastating had happened that day and I was upstairs, unable to go downstairs and I had it on my headphones. I immediately felt so positive and grateful that I had this outlet, and that these words were magically feeling really nice with what Jon had done.\u201d<\/p>\n Hopkins added: \u201cNeither of us arrived at the vocal session with a plan. I mean I never do. But we spent a couple of days following what seemed exciting, and somewhere in that process the song gradually revealed itself, through a mixture of improv and me editing bits together. It evolved super organically.\u201d<\/p>\nImogen Heap and Jon Hopkins \u2013 \u2018Reckoning\u2019<\/h3>\n