Welcome to Sound Station, the place we’re highlighting the greatest new tracks that got here out this week. Head into the weekend with songs from MOD SUN, EKKSTACY and extra.
MOD SUN unveils a cinematic music video for his newest ballad “Battle Scars”
MOD SUN is aware of pull on our heartstrings, and his newest single “Battle Scars” isn’t any exception. Accompanying the delicate ballad is a cinematic music video directed and produced by MOD SUN that options all the things from robberies, love on the run and the bloody penalties of getting combined up with the incorrect individuals. The video isn’t for the faint of coronary heart, however even via the video’s intense scenes, MOD SUN peppers in a collection of heartwarming moments, in addition to some spectacular efficiency pictures behind the drum package: his first instrument. —Alessandro DeCaro
EKKSTACY’s revelatory post-punk
EKKSTACY’s world could seem grey, however his songs reveal a vivid, heart-on-sleeve intimacy. On “i want to die in your arms,” he melds darkish, blunt lyrics with a buoyant groove. It’s the sound of an artist coming into his personal, anchored by his reverence for various, emo and post-punk. His new album, Misery, is out Sept. 30. —Neville Hardman
Pinkshift need you to get out of their face with heavy new single “GET OUT”
Baltimore punks Pinkshift introduced the warmth with their newest single “GET OUT.” The tune clocks in at simply over two minutes and takes goal at poisonous individuals with aggressive reproach. On prime of the heavy guitar riffs and supercharged drums, vocalist Ashrita Kumar screams their coronary heart out in the tune’s refrain, declaring, “Get out of my face/I don’t want you here so go away.” The result’s a tune that’ll make you need to stage-dive and rise up for your self. —Alessandro DeCaro
Cold Hart and Lil Peep’s sedative bliss
Lil Peep’s legacy lives on in Cold Hart’s “Dying.” The monitor looks like a misplaced GOTHBOICLIQUE B-side, a peek again at two buddies tinkering round of their front room and smoking indica at 3 a.m. The OC Season 3 mixtape is out now, which options one other collab with fellow GBC member Wicca Phase Springs Eternal. —Neville Hardman
Djo unveils one other charming single with “Figure You Out”
Joe Keery (Stranger Things) is again with one other new single forward of his undertaking Djo‘s sophomore album, DECIDE. On “Figure You Out,” Keery’s charming lilt is accompanied by bursts of gloomy, shimmering synths. With the vocal drama of David Bowie, Keery creates a cinematic universe of his personal making inside the three-minute earworm. —Ilana Kaplan
Danny Dwyer performs a flawless victory with new single “Mortal Kombat”
Hyperpop newcomer Danny Dwyer has launched an emotionally charged single, “Mortal Kombat.” The new monitor chronicles a painful breakup and the emotions of guilt and co-dependency that come up when parting methods with a big different. Dwyer makes use of the metaphorical imagery of the hyperviolent Mortal Kombat online game collection to show how painful love will be. Additionally, he launched a shocking video for the monitor that options all the things from retro-inspired combating sport visuals to melancholic pictures carried out in desolate settings. —Alessandro DeCaro
nothing,nowhere. shares a contemporary post-hardcore traditional that includes Senses Fail
nothing,nowhere. held nothing again on “M1SERY_SYNDROME.” The monitor incorporates early 2000s post-hardcore hooks with anthemic and hovering vocals in the vein of the Used and Saosin. The tune additionally includes a shock breakdown at the tail finish for added depth. For the new monitor, nothing,nowhere. enlisted one of his largest influences — Buddy Nielsen of Senses Fail — to supply visitor vocals, a pairing that couldn’t be more practical in delivering the tune’s highly effective message. —Alessandro DeCaro
44phantom brings us again to the glory days of emo rap
Emo-pop artist 44phantom has launched a stellar new single “don’t sleep,repeat” that includes fashionable pop-punk celebrity Machine Gun Kelly. The soulful monitor finds each singers buying and selling off vocal strains that chronicle their collective trauma and the darkish facet of Hollywood over booming 808s and lure drums. On the tune, 44phantom continues to show that he is a vocal powerhouse with an unbelievable sense of vary and emotional depth. —Alessandro DeCaro
Curtis Waters’ “STAR KILLER” is an indie-pop dream
On Curtis Waters’ new single “STAR KILLER,” the indie-pop artist supplies a playful and driving tune centered round a catchy vocal hook and guitar riff that looks like a delicate homage to Basement Jaxx’s traditional hit “Where’s Your Head At.” Accompanying the new monitor is a visually stimulating video that harks again to the glory days of ’90s Britpop and reveals Waters sporting iconic David Bowie-inspired face paint, which we’re most positively right here for. —Alessandro DeCaro
The Beaches pen an ode to Greek mythology
The Beaches’ newest single “Orpheus” is a charming ode to the Greek mytho. Over three-and-a-half minutes, the band thread light nostalgia with a driving beat. Though the monitor sounds romantic initially, its emphasis is on time — how as a substitute of wanting again on previous loves, “there’s someone else for you to catch.” —Neville Hardman
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