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Alfie Templeman has shared a new single called ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ – you can listen to it below.The strutting acid-trip-pop tune is said to channel music by Peter Gabriel and Beck, with Templeman singing about dealing with feelings of anxiety over a funky guitar line and big synths.Its lyrics were derived from cut-up snippets of the London artist’s journal of thoughts, which he would write during the first 10 minutes he was awake on a morning. “‘Eyes Wide Shut’ is an amalgamation of ruminations I faced on tour,” Templeman explained.“My brain always seems to be on full volume after a show and I find it really difficult to wind down.

Bdrmm have released their sweeping new single ‘Standard Tuning’ – check it out below.The Hull-based shoegaze group’s new track follows the release of second album ‘I Don’t Know’ – which came out in June 2023 and earned four stars from NME – and autumn single ‘Mud’, released via Mogwai’s Rock Action Label.The new track will form part of a 10 inch release which will also feature a remix of album opener ‘Alps’, out April 19.Listen to ‘Standard Tuning’ below.The new single was recorded during their studio sessions for ‘I Don’t Know’, an “important track in the ever-changing development of our creative process, as it was a collaboration between myself and Jordan”, as frontman Ryan Smith explained in a press statement.“I created the loop using techniques such as stretching samples and chopping them, and Jordan added synthetics and drum processing and structured it into the track you hear now. Lyrically, the words followed the loss of an old childhood friend.“Despite the fact of not speaking to somebody for years, you still feel an atmosphere of upset and loss.

The Black Keys have today (February 9) shared an emotive new single called ‘I Forgot To Be Your Lover’ – check out the new song below.The second track from their upcoming new album, ‘Ohio Players‘, is a rendition of William Bell’s ‘I Forgot To Be Your Lover’ and features Tommy Brenneck and Kelly Finnigan on the record. It follows on from the previously released single, ‘Beautiful People (Stay High)’. The new album is set release on April 5 via Nonesuch/Warner and you can pre-order/pre-save it here.A statement about the song says: “The reimagined song joins the original tracks on an album unlike any of the band’s others, featuring collaborations among the band’s Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney and various additional friends and colleagues, including Beck, Noel Gallagher, Greg Kurstin, and others.”You can listen to the track here:“We had this epiphany: ‘We can call our friends to help us make music’,” the band’s Patrick Carney said of the collaborative approach the band had towards their new album.

Sunny Day Real Estate have returned with their first new single in 10 years, ‘Novum Vetus’, and announced a run of shows to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their seminal album ‘Diary’.The emo legends, who announced their reunion in 2022, had been teasing the song earlier this week by sharing a minute-long snippet to Instagram. The sound soundtracks a video of an artist drawing the phrase “novum vetus”, (Latin for “everything old is new again”) and then sketching out a boat at sea, over which frontman Jeremy Enigk was heard singing: “The day we died inside, the world was suffering / 10,000 words collide but no one said a thing / the day we died inside the walls come tumbling down.”Although ‘Novum Vetus’ is only just seeing the light of day, it was first conceived when Sunny Day Real Estate were recording 1998’s ‘How It Feels to Be Something On’.

Lil Nas X has shared a reflective new track titled ‘Where Do We Go Now?’. Check it out below.The new track was written by the rapper and singer as part of his upcoming HBO documentary, Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero.Written in collaboration with Omer Fedi and Blake Slatkin, the new song sees the 24-year-old take a slower, more introspective approach than usual.

Ice Spice has dropped her brand new song ‘Think U The Sh*t (Fart)’.The rapper has unveiled the full song as her first release of 2024, and sees the rapper taunting: “Think you the shit, bitch? / You not even the fart”. The song is an extended cut of a snippet that previously went viral on TikTok, with over 300,000 videos associated with the sound.Earlier this month, the New Yorker was spotted filming a video for ‘Think U The Sh*t’ in South Beach, Florida.

Megan Thee Stallion has dropped a defiant new single titled ‘Hiss’. Check it out below.Shared today (January 26), the new track comes as the latest addition to the rapper’s ongoing run of snake-themed songs following the release of ‘Cobra’ last year.With ‘Hiss’, Megan Thee Stallion takes on her haters, using the track to show off her confidence and ability to refuse to give any attention to those trying to drag her down.“I just want to kick this shit off by saying fuck y’all,” she says at the start of the track.

Yungblud has released ‘When We Die (Can We Still Get High?)’, his first single of 2024, featuring Lil Yachty.The track sees the English musician – born Dominic Harrison – confronting metaphysical questions, opening with the lyrics: “Does Heaven have a dealer? Do they sell the love for cheaper than in Hollywood? / As hell is gettin’ colder, I don’t plan on gettin’ older in this neighbourhood“, before culminating in him belting the song’s title over an immense soundscape: “When we die, tell me, can we still get high?”Later in the track, Lil Yachty joins in with mind-bending bars: “If you fall far too deep / Lose yourself in your new life / Head over heels for your new eyes“, the track’s trippy production complementing the rapper-producer’s current psych-rock phase, heralded by his 2023 album ‘Let’s Start Here’.In a press release, Yungblud spoke about intending to collaborate with Lil Yachty since 2019. “When we die (can we still get high?)’ was one of the first songs I wrote when I got to New Orleans to make new music,” he wrote.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music As expected, Justin Timberlake has dropped his new single and video, “Selfish,” continuing the rollout leading up to his first album in five years, “Everything I Thought It Was.” “Selfish,” which was premiered at a special concert in Timberlake’s hometown of Memphis last week, was written by the singer, Louis Bell (Taylor Swift, Post Malone), Cirkut (Maroon 5, The Weeknd), Theron Thomas and Amy Allen and produced by Timberlake, Louis Bell and Cirkut. The video was directed by Bradley J.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer After signing with Republic Records in 2019 and releasing numerous projects on the imprint, rapper Coi Leray has announced that she has inked a new deal with Island Records, releasing a new single to commemorate the moment. The 26-year-old initially signed with Republic after stacking up a few indie hits including “By Myself” and “Huddy,” dropping the “EC2” EP to commemorate the moment.

George FitzGerald has released his new noughties house-inspired single ‘Gleams’ – listen to it below.The London electronic musician’s new song follows the release of his 2023 EP ‘Not As I’, and marks his first new track of 2024.‘Gleams’ was written last summer while travelling around Germany and France, during which FitzGerald was looking for inspiration in European music of the 2000s.“I was thinking back to the continental house records that I loved so much in the 00s, and the hours spent in record shops in Paris and Berlin discovering them,” he said in a press statement. “This is my take on those memories.”Listen to ‘Gleams’ below.In a post on X (formerly Twitter) this week, the musician wrote that the song was “an idea started on fast trains to Paris and Toulouse and finished in the studio in Berlin.

After a six-year break from rapping, New York City’s Heems is coming back with a new album, record label, and lifestyle brand. LAFANDAR, a project entirely produced by Lapgan, will arrive on February 16 through Veena Sounds, a new label founded by the former Das Racist member.

The Snuts have returned with the latest single from their upcoming third studio album – listen to ‘Millionaires’ below.Back in November, the Scottish band confirmed details of the album, ‘Millennials’, and released the single ‘Deep Diving’. The record comes out on February 23 through their newly established own label Happy Artist Records, via The Orchard – you can pre-order it here.Now, the band have shared the single ‘Millionaires’, a storming, anti-consumerist anthem with a soaring chorus of “If love was money, we’d be millionaires”.Speaking about the song, frontman Jack Cochrane has said: “It feels like society has become obsessed with focussing on the path towards monetary and materialistic gain and success instead of focussing on the here and the now and the value of true love and friendship – it’s a cliche, but those are the things in life that are priceless.”“‘Millionaires’ is about the feeling of not wanting for anything, but surrounding yourself with the people in life that matter.

Declan McKenna has released ‘Mulholland’s Dinner and Wine’, the latest single from his upcoming third album – check out the track below.It is the latest song to be released ahead of the singer-songwriter’s third studio album ‘What Happened To The Beach?’, which is due for release on February 9 via his own label Tomplicated Records (pre-order/pre-save here).The track is a sunkissed, light psychedelic romp that features warped, watery guitar lines and McKenna singing, “I got a boring apartment, and all of the drugs / I’m fucking dangerous, I get what I want”.Speaking about the song, McKenna said: “’Mulholland’s Dinner and Wine’ was written with Gianluca Buccellati as a kind of weird, warped story about a cartoon-y criminal duo, and the origins of the title come from an off-licence in the UK, but it became entangled with Mulholland drive in LA. The lyrics came from observations driving around the hills there and conversations at strange, hip parties.”McKenna had previously shared the single ‘Elevator Hum’ in December, as well as ‘Nothing Works’ and ‘Sympathy’ prior to that.Speaking about the new album, which follows on from 2020’s ‘Zeros’, McKenna has explained: “In the past few years there has been a bit of weight behind making music.

AURORA has shared a cathartic new single titled ‘The Conflict Of The Mind’ – check it out below.The singer returned last year with new single ‘Your Blood’, her first new music since chart-topping third album ‘The Gods We Can Touch’.Discussing ‘The Conflict Of The Mind’, which deals with themes around mental health and opening up to those around you, AURORA said: “I tend to isolate myself when I’m in pain. And with time, I’ve learnt that I’ve deprived the people around me of the great honour of being there for someone you love.

Kaiser Chiefs have shared a new single called ‘Burning In Flames’ – you can listen to it below.The upbeat song will appear on the Ricky Wilson-fronted band’s upcoming record ‘Kaiser Chiefs’ Easy Eighth Album’, which is due for release on March 1, 2024 (pre-order/pre-save here).Produced by Amir Amor, ‘Burning In Flames’ finds Wilson in a reflective mood as he takes stock of Kaiser Chiefs’ career to date, and how they’re still on the scene two decades on from the height of indie.“Being in a band for over 20 years isn’t as easy as we make it look. Sometimes any one of us could feel like we don’t want to do it anymore,” the singer explained.“There aren’t many of us bands left from the early 2000s and that’s probably at times because it doesn’t seem worth it.

Gossip have shared new album title track ‘Real Power’, written by Beth Ditto in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests.The band returned earlier this year with details of a comeback and new album, which will land on March 22 and be their first music since 2012’s ‘A Joyful Noise‘.‘Real Power’ follows first single ‘Crazy Again’ in previewing the Rick Rubin-produced album, and Ditto spoke in a statement of the global anti-racism protests that inspired the new song.“That song is about how awesome our city is and how it really showed up,” she said. “The system was being rearranged and we were forcing people to reckon with it at a time when it could literally make you ill to gather, during a pandemic.“That’s real power — people coming together, making those decisions to be in the streets.”Listen to ‘Real Power’ below.“Getting to work with Rick again was a true gift!” the band exclusively told NME in a recent interview.

The Libertines have shared a dramatic new single from their upcoming album – listen to ‘Shiver’ below.The band will release new album ‘All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade’ on March 8, and have so far shared the tracks.The release of the album will be preceded by a tour of intimate club gigs across the UK in January and February dubbed The Albion Tour, which the band have described as a return to “[their] roots in these small sweaty clubs, where [they] can see the whites of the crowds eyes”.After debuting a number of tracks at a sweaty Margate gig last month, they have now shared ‘Shiver’, of which Carl Bârat said: “Peter had a song and I had a song and we mashed them up and did it collaboratively.”Pete Doherty added: “I would probably find it difficult to work out who did what because we were both there the whole time through its creation. It should really be called ‘The Last Dream Of Every Dying Soldier’, but everyone liked the title ‘Shiver’.”In an NME interview from last year, Doherty spoke of how ‘Shiver’ references the band watching the funeral of Queen Elizabeth while recording the album in Jamaica.“It was really strange,” he said.

The Jesus & Mary Chain have released their brooding new single ‘Chemical Animal’ – listen to it below.The track is the second preview of the band’s forthcoming new album ‘Glasgow Eyes’, following November single ‘jamcod’.The Scottish alt-rock band announced that their eighth studio album would be arriving March 8 (pre-order/pre-save here), which will be followed by a UK and European tour.‘Chemical Animal’ is a heavy rumination on the past suppressed by dense guitar lines and an ominous soundscape of fizzing instrumentals.Listen to it below.“Our work on our autobiography definitely bled into our work on the album,” said Jim Reid. “‘jamcod’, the first single from the album, was about that night in 1998 in the House of Blues when the band broke up.

Bleachers have released their new single ‘Tiny Moves’, backed by a music video directed by Jack Antonoff’s wife, Margaret Qualley.The clip, co-directed by Qualley and Alex Lockett, depicts Qualley stopping in front of a car parked by the Hudson River at dawn before launching into a dance sequence which she also choreographed. At the end of the clip, Qualley walks over to the driver of the car – Antonoff himself – and the pair embrace as the sun rises over New York City.The track itself features an upbeat rhythm marked by stabs of guitars and synthesisers, building towards a shout-along chorus which appears to be Antonoff’s tribute to Qualley: “The tiniest moves you make / Watching my whole world shake / Watching my whole world change“.Watch the video for Bleachers’ ‘Tiny Moves’ below.‘Tiny Moves’ marks Bleachers’ latest preview of their upcoming self-titled album, which arrives in March and marks the band’s first studio album under Dirty Hit and Jamie Oborne’s management.