Throughout the week, we're updating our Best New Songs playlist with the new releases that caught our attention the most, whether it's a single that preceded an album release or a newly unveiled deep dive. And every Monday, we round up the best new songs released over the past week (the eligibility period begins Monday and ends Sunday night) in this best-of-new-music roundup.
On this week's list, we have Bat for Lashes' beautifully ethereal album The Dream of Delphi, which tops Natasha Khan's first album in five years; “Fool,” a beautiful, upbeat new song from Adrianne Lenker’s new album; Microwave's “Bored of Getting Sad,” the lead single from the Atlanta pop punk band's new album Let the decadence begin; Lightning Bug's “December Song” is the first single from their upcoming album No paradise; Young Jesus' powerful new single, “Brenda & Diane,” embraces rock in the heartland to tell the story of two runaways; MGMT's smash hit “Dancing in Babylon,” an 80s-inspired power ballad featuring Christine and the Queens; More Mather's latest single, the haunting and tortured “All the Money,” featuring Alia Al Sultani; And “Fibbs,” the honest and emotional new track from Morgan Morris and Verity Slangen of the Edinburgh duo No Windows.
Best New Songs: February 26, 2023
Song of the week: Bats for eyelashes, “Dream of Delphi”
Adrian Lineker, “Idiot”
Microwave, “I'm tired of being sad”
Lightning Bug, “December Song”
Young Jesus, Brenda and Diane
MGMT feat. Christine and the Queens, “Dancing in Babylon”
Mother Moore feat. Alia Al-Sultani “Kol Al-Mawlani”
No windows, Phipps.
