{"id":2486092,"date":"2026-07-03T05:52:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2486092"},"modified":"2026-07-03T05:52:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:52:56","slug":"new-music-friday-featuring-mohi-racoonheads-and-dmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-music-friday-featuring-mohi-racoonheads-and-dmas\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Friday featuring MOHI, Racoonheads and DMA&#8217;s &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Another week, another chance to dive headfirst into the depths of New Music Friday.<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before you clock off and settle into the weekend, we\u2019ve rounded up the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/happymag.tv\/krystal-rivvers-lover-live-from-happpy\/\">best<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/happymag.tv\/greek-orthodox-priest-doom-metal-paradise-metal\/\">new releases<\/a> to land across <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/happymag.tv\/new-music-friday-australia-new-zealand-june-26-2026\/\">Australia and Aotearoa<\/a><\/span>\u00a0this week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From rising stars to established favourites, here\u2019s what we\u2019re spinning right now.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_387747\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-387747\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-387747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Strictface: Photo by Billy Zammit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re heading out, Melbourne\u2019s Racoonhead are also launching their new album at Bar Open on Saturday night \u2013 a fitting way to kick off the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 24pt;\">MOHI \u2013 \u2018December Rain\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MOHI strips things right back on \u2018December Rain\u2019, letting his stunning vocal do the heavy lifting. It\u2019s another reminder that he\u2019s quietly become one of Aotearoa\u2019s most compelling soul voices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: December Rain\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1PNaATNROmCG71JHIBZp4Y?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 24pt;\">DMA\u2019S \u2013 \u2018Killing Time\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DMA\u2019S are back with \u2018Killing Time\u2019, another preview of their self-titled album arriving August 21. It\u2019s got the big chorus and driving guitars you\u2019d expect, with the band sounding as confident as ever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Killing Time\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1tupvkLDJoeUuiBf0VJsy7?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 24pt;\">Simona Castricum \u2013 \u2018Rupture\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simona Castricum has announced her fifth album <em>Villain<\/em> with the release of \u2018Rupture\u2019. It\u2019s a punchy electronic track about trust, relationships and trying to put things back together after they\u2019ve fallen apart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Rupture\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/2bwD9lREoGdDHkGHslTxnx?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 24pt;\">MACEY \u2013 <em>ONCE<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MACEY has released his sophomore album <em>ONCE<\/em>, written across three years and shaped by time spent living and writing in London. It sees the New Zealand songwriter looking beyond his own story without losing the honesty that made his debut stand out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: ONCE\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1k4eEzf9s2RAjJPJ3IWcii?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 24pt;\">Strict Face \u2013 \u2018Ode to the Meatheads\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strict Face returns with \u2018Ode to the Meatheads\u2019, the first single from his upcoming EP <em>Age of Burnout<\/em>. It\u2019s loud, weird in all the right ways, and another reminder that nobody really sounds like him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Ode to the Meatheads\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0MraF9RnOr3lD1hFIjxN49?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 24pt;\">Racoonhead \u2013 LONG LIVE OUR APARTMENT COMPLEX<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melbourne\u2019s Racoonhead have dropped <em>LONG LIVE OUR APARTMENT COMPLEX<\/em>, a messy, hook-filled record that bounces between emo, punk and plenty of self-deprecating humour. It\u2019s chaotic, but that\u2019s half the fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Long Live Our Apartment Complex\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4RUpdiOjKhiOzmSK68kWBa?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 24pt;\">Mountain Boy \u2013 \u2018Windows\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mountain Boy\u2019s new single \u2018Windows\u2019 leans into dreamy indie-folk without overdoing it. <\/span>It\u2019s another quietly affecting release from Aaron Thompson\u2019s solo project.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Windows\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/22DCQFvGkW9EazK5j5cRWY?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .entry-footer --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '709400348429047');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '1202846161482324');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\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 happymag.tv \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another week, another chance to dive headfirst into the depths of New Music Friday. 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