The FADER’s Songs You Need In Your Life are our picks for the most exciting and essential new music releases out there. Every day, we update this page with new selections. Listen on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists or hear them all below.
Soccer Mommy: “M”
Soccer Mommy. Photo by Zhamak Fullad.
Sophie Allison’s latest single is a simple but devastating response to the death of a loved one. In plain-spoken terms she sings about the pain of her loss, mourning in real time as she exposes her hurt and loneliness over a simple acoustic guitar and drums set-up. In one crushing moment Allison, who on previous Soccer Mommy albums has written about her mother’s long-term battle with cancer, compares herself to a loyal dog waiting by the door for an owner she knows isn’t coming back. It’s a hard listen but beneath the unvarnished feeling of pain, her love glows brightest. — David Renshaw
J.U.S. & Chip$: “No Love”
The first single from Detroit-based rapper J.U.S’s upcoming album acts as a resurrection twice over. Chip$, a rapper who is also a part of Danny Brown’s crew Bruiser Brigade, makes a rare yet fiery appearance on the track produced by Squadda B, whose barreling beat sounds like he put an entire party inside of a kick drum and went apeshit on it. It’s a timely reminder of the endless creativity that fuelled Squadda as half of the influential cloud rap duo Main Attrakionz. Sometimes the best parties are the ones that feel over before suddenly coming back to life. — Jordan Darville
Vayda feat. ZelooperZ: “tahiti”
Vayda locked in her Detroit connection as a guest on Veeze’s Ganger tour last fall. On “tahiti,” the ascendant Atlanta MC checks out a stranger quarter of the D, tapping versatile oddball ZelooperZ for a track that’s as idyllic as its title suggests. Though there’s no mention of the world-class surfing that’s currently underway near the French Polynesian island’s famous beaches, the song is all about vacation sex, a notorious Olympic Village pastime. Over an almost cartoonishly breezy beat, Vayda and ZelooperZ trade casually elite verses, sounding more than ready to share rap’s podium. — Raphael Helfand
Jane Remover: “Flash in the Pan”
Somewhere at the intersection of Swervedriver at their heaviest, Craig David at his most angelic, and Ice Spice if she binged midwest emo and stopped writing lines about doo doo feces, lies the new Jane Remover song. Drill rap tip-toeing into the digicore space isn’t particularly new, but Jane Remover crosses the border on “Flash in the Pan,” barring up like never before: Here’s just one killer line: “Pretty boys said I was just a flash in the pan / I can take a flow if I can’t take a man.” The braggadocio is cut with self-doubt, but paradoxically, it leads to a new kind of purity. — Jordan Darville
Porridge Radio: “Sick Of The Blues”
Have you ever wanted to screw every miserable part of life into a ball and toss it out of the nearest window? “Sick Of The Blues” feels like moving out of a crowded space and finally being able to move freely again. In full-throated fashion, Dana Margolin explodes in ecstatic joy as she rejects torturing herself and declares she is “gonna give into everything,” instead. It doesn’t feel out of character for a band whose intensity has always been memorable. This time round, though, the dial has been switched from turmoil to something far brighter. The change suits them. — David Renshaw
