Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can’t get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order. Listen via Spotify and Apple Music playlists, or hear them all below.
Momo Boyd, “Oops”
I thought there was a mistake when I heard “Oops” at the end of Momo Boyd’s generally haunting, slow moving Americana debut album, Miss Michigan. No mistake here. Boyd switches things up on the last track for a sexy piece of G-Funk R&B that is as smooth as Boyd’s silky alto. I smell a hit. — Tobias Hess
My New Band Believe, “In The Blink of an Eye”
Cameron Picton’s crazy vocals on his first solo album sound like a Disney villain preparing to cast a spell on you. That dark whimsy penetrates every layer of this project from the songs’ unyielding structures to its pummeling drums. —Steffanee Wang
Cece Natalie, “DOMINO”
Cece Natalie is tiding us over as we await her hotly anticipated sophomore album with the slinky banger “DOMINO.” Natalie’s latest ear worm is catchy but dark, a 154-second glimpse of her “crazy psycho” childhood. She sounds like just what alt pop has been missing. — VM
Cola, “Skywriter’s Sigh”
On May 8, Montreal alternative rock project Cola are releasing Cost of Living Adjustment — a guitar-driven, head banging album about the drab doldrums of late stage capitalism. Their latest single, “Skywriter’s Sigh” sounds like a madman’s ramble in the best way. — TH
Skrilla feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again, “Free 40”
“On the deen I’m getting clean once my new album Z come out,” Skrilla raps on “Free 40.” Maybe he’s been getting advice on sobriety and celebrity from YoungBoy Never Broke Again, whose locked-in guest verse openly bites Skrilla’s flow over a violin-laden Philly drill beat. It’s not an homage, it’s a cosign. —VM
T.O.P, “완전미쳤어! (Studio54)”
A disgraced, pioneering boy bander goes solo and releases his scathing industry critique on idol culture, legacy, and the hypocrisies of conservative gate-keepers. If your orbit ever overlapped with Big Bang’s T.O.P, you need to listen to this. —SW
Xanman feat. Rico Nasty, “None of It”
Real rap fans know the DMV has been producing SoundCloud stars for a minute, and on “None of It,” Maryland rappers Xanman and Rico Nasty play off each other perfectly, going verse for verse and bar for bar. —Vivian Medithi
Lone, “Scattergun”
You might be familiar with Lone’s signature sound from Azealia Banks’s “Count Contessa.” Resonant and iridescent, his production is a rare breed, there aren’t many artists who can make music that feels equally reflective and danceable. — SW
Sean Solomon, “Finish Line”
Animator and musician Sean Solomon makes sweet, heartfelt indie rock that expresses feelings of both flailing and becoming. On his latest, “Finish Line,” Solomon sings a chorus that is equal parts fatalistic and devotional. — TH
